Examples of 'fair-weather' in a sentence
Meaning of "fair-weather"
fair-weather (noun) - A term used to describe a person who is supportive or friendly only during good times or when it is easy to be so. It implies that the person is not dependable or reliable during challenges or tough situations. This term is often used in social contexts to characterize insincere relationships
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- Suitable for use only during fair weather
- Dependable only in the absence of trouble.
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Fair-weather friends and family isolated her.
You are like the opposite of a fair-weather friend.
We are not fair-weather fans like so many others.
European identity is a fair-weather friend.
Highs are generally fair-weather systems hundreds or even thousands of kilometres across.
You have probably heard of fair-weather friends.
I have known those fair-weather friends we call tranquilizers and drugs.
God does not want you for a fair-weather friend.
These two lads are fair-weather friends on the university soccer team.
People he had trusted turned out to be only fair-weather friends.
The airport is now ready for fair-weather landings of a limited number of flights.
All at once an ill wind blew away this fair-weather vision.
A fair-weather friend who seems benign but packs a wallop like a donkey kick.
They are false friends or fair-weather friends.
With these fair-weather friends you have cultivated . because you have been so taken up.
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Imran relying too much on fair-weather friends.
These fair-weather friends are now waiting in the wings to try to take you down.
Would appreciate a visit from either one of you fair-weather friends.
She 's a fair-weather fiancée who can not be trusted to stay with you for better or worse.
Such easily diverted members are not disciples but fair-weather followers.
Thanks to the fair-weather christians Who only show up on christmas and easter.
There are some friends who are only fair-weather friends.
No spaces . Thanks to the fair-weather christians Who only show up on christmas and easter.
We have all heard and perhaps used the phrase fair-weather friend.
I have got fair-weather friends to feed.
But we can not be sure if they are true friends or just fair-weather friends.
He had a host of fair-weather friends, of course.
Well, forgive me if I put my faith into those who have not been fair-weather friends.
Diplomats are fair-weather assets.
A fair-weather friend to stamp collecting and playing the guitar?
The vertical extension of clouds ranges from shallow fair-weather cumulus to gigantic thunderstorm cumulonimbus.
We are all fair-weather gentlemen ( and ladies ) when things are going good.
Friends are plenty when the purse is full but fair-weather friends fall off in adversity.
All the fair-weather fishermen are gone, but the fish are still there.
Eastern Europe does not need fair-weather friends.
What a fair-weather friend.
Peace-keeping is not just a fair-weather exercise.
And please, beware of fair-weather friends who arrive by your side at the eleventh hour!
Thou shalt not be a fair-weather fan.
Fair-weather sailor, cross and irritable, the moment things do not exactly suit you.
Never realised how many fair-weather friends I had.
Take our quiz below to find out if you are a real fan or a fair-weather fan!
He had a host of fair-weather friends.
Not your emotionally distant father … not your overly critical mother … not your petty, fair-weather friends.
I do not need a fair-weather ally.
The Fair-Weather Sailor.
These two lads are fair-weather friends.
Fair-weather friends, fair weather friends.
Do not call me a fair-weather friend.
Tell ya, fair-weather farmer 's got some nerve splitting ' now.
