fairweather friend

See also: fair-weather friend and fair weather friend

English

Noun

fairweather friend (plural fairweather friends)

1. Alternative form of fair-weather friend.
   • 1844, T[imothy] S[hay] Arthur, chapter VI, in Cecilia Howard: Or, The Young Lady who had Finished Her Education, New York, N.Y.: John Allen, 139 Nassau Street, →OCLC, page 49:

     She did not even attempt to make a reply, or to ask her fairweather friend to remain; but suffered her to leave the room and the house without a word.