Adjective : His fair-weather friends left him when he lost his money. From Dictionary.com.
"It turned out to be a fair-weather construction.". From Wordnik.com. [Proud(ish) to Be American] Reference
But these bin Laden allies are fair-weather friends. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2001] Reference
We are not fair-weather friends to the United States. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2001] Reference
COLLINS: No, I'm sorry, I always admit fair-weather fan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2005] Reference
These rooms are protected from all but fair-weather winds. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873] Reference
We have our ponchos, and we are not fair-weather explorers. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold] Reference
It's too bad Democrats are such a pack of fair-weather friends. From Wordnik.com. [Report: Kerry Endorsing Obama] Reference
The criticism of Saudi Arabia is that they're a fair-weather friend. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2001] Reference
Actually, Bill Clinton takes their fair-weather faith a step farther. From Wordnik.com. [Taking The Short View] Reference
On the day-to-day level, the PUMA is apt to be a fair-weather friend. From Wordnik.com. [2009 New York Auto Show: GM and Segway team on PUMA electric two-wheeler] Reference
And he made it very clear that he said, I am not a fair-weather friend. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2007] Reference
Maxine, you have neither been a fair-weather nor a faint-hearted friend. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President At Dccc Dinner] Reference
They're not fair-weather friends, as the congressman likes to describe them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2006] Reference
It must be annoying for Palin to have such gutless, fair-weather supporters. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Out in the world were nuclear warheads, human bombs, and fair-weather friends. From Wordnik.com. [Stalin's Ghost]
You're a fair-weather supporter who decides to support Obama, only if he's up. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Morning Roundup] Reference
In Washington's partisan environment, they are everybody's fair-weather friend. From Wordnik.com. [Congressional Budget Office: Sometimes Wonks Have To Explain Their Work To Morons] Reference
His very friends are not true friends, being mostly of the fair-weather quality. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
Good riddance to those fair-weather shareholders who sold on such flimsy evidence. From Wordnik.com. [If You Doubt Google,] Reference
In doing so, we have demonstrated that Australia is not just a fair-weather friend. From Wordnik.com. [How Aid Works] Reference
The MDGs do not need fair-weather friends, but serious investors in for the long haul. From Wordnik.com. [Kofi Annan: Is the Millennium Goals Review Summit a Futile Exercise?] Reference
Up to the present, too, the airship is less of a fair-weather flier than the airplane. From Wordnik.com. [Opportunities in Aviation] Reference
If they endorse Clinton, I think it will make the CU look like fair-weather endorsers. From Wordnik.com. [Nevada SEIU, Culinary Union Endorsing Obama] Reference
Don't roll over for those treacherous fair-weather Foley hush-ups and Vitter applauders. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Dwyer: Hold On, Larry!] Reference
Lord, hear our prayer: take back your Amy Grant mosh-crews and your fair-weather politics. From Wordnik.com. [xcavemanx Diary Entry] Reference
"And remember, whatever happens, you've got good friends here, not fair-weather friends either.". From Wordnik.com. [The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel] Reference
RUBIN: I would put Russia and particularly Medvedev as what you might call a fair-weather friend. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2009] Reference
"Here was place for no holiday magistrate, no fair-weather sailor," as Emerson justly said of him. From Wordnik.com. [Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
But, when explanations were made, how did her brow clear and a fair-weather smile efface the frost!. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference
Simeon is poor in friends -- he only had one besides his wife, and that one is a fair-weather friend. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
Much of the increase is the usual winter fluctuation, as fair-weather construction and farm work dry up. From Wordnik.com. [OSTRICH POLITIK] Reference
If the candidate or team looks unstoppable, the theory says, a bunch of other fair-weather fans jump aboard in October. From Wordnik.com. [Who's Your President?] Reference
The sun shines brightly in the dry air with some fair-weather cumulus clouds possibly dotting the sky in the afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Forecast: Labor Day weekend perfection] Reference
Here was the place for no holiday magistrate, no fair-weather sailor; the new pilot was hurled to the helm in a tornado. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Laid-back L.A. is "a fair-weather town," says new Clipper Sean Rooks, a reserve center who played with the Lakers for three seasons. From Wordnik.com. [Root, Root Root For The Losers] Reference
Now he saw an opportunity to prove that he was "not just a fair-weather friend of developing economies," says a senior White House adviser. From Wordnik.com. [Why The Mexican Crisis Matters] Reference
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