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الأصدقاء الطارئين

English translation: Fair-weather friends

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Arabic term or phrase:الأصدقاء الطارئين
English translation:Fair-weather friends
Entered by: Ramadan Ibrahim

14:09 Feb 29, 2020
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Arabic term or phrase: الأصدقاء الطارئين
توعية الحدث للتمييز بين الأصدقاء الحقيقيين والأصدقاء
الطارئين الذين تعرف عليهم بالدار
Yosra Montasser
Egypt
Local time: 04:07
Fair-weather friends
Explanation:
fair-weather friend: someone who is a good friend when it is easy to be one and who stops being one when you are having problems
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Ramadan Ibrahim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 06:07
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Fair-weather friends
Ramadan Ibrahim
3 +2Accidental friends
Mai Saleh
4those who are friends because they want something from [you]
Ludina Sallam
4friends of convenience
TargamaT team
4emergency friends
Mohammad Rostami
2fling frinedship - flingship
Hussein Alsaleh


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Accidental friends


Explanation:
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Mai Saleh
Syria
Local time: 05:07
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohammad Rostami
10 hrs
agree  Fuad Yahya
2 days 22 hrs
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Fair-weather friends


Explanation:
fair-weather friend: someone who is a good friend when it is easy to be one and who stops being one when you are having problems


Example sentence(s):
  • The fair-weather friend, the sponge, the leech who profits off the success of others?
  • I'm not like those so-called... fair-weather friends of yours.

    Reference: http://https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/f...
    Reference: http://https://www.dictionary.com/browse/fair-weather-friend
Ramadan Ibrahim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 06:07
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohammad Rostami
10 hrs
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agree  Hussein Alsaleh
11 hrs
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agree  Youssef Chabat
13 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
those who are friends because they want something from [you]


Explanation:
والصديق الوفي ، هو الذي يعمل على إرضاء الله أولا ثم إرضاء نفسه ثانيا فإرضاء صديقه ثالثا ، وليست الصداقة بأن ينتظر الإنسان الحصول على منافع أو مصالح مالية عينية أو نقدية مقابل صداقته ، بأي حال من الأحوال . فهناك صداقة من أجل الصداقة وهي دائمة الود والمحبة ، وعلى نقيضها صداقة المال والجاه والسلطان ، وهي صداقة زائلة .
وهناك الكثير من الأصدقاء الطارئين ، الذين يحاولون إقتناص الفرص لحصد أكبر كم من الغنائم المفترضة من صديقهم الثري أو العالم أو السياسي أو الإعلامي دون وجه حق ، كالجاه والمال والشهرة والمناصب المرموقة وغيرها .

The above is from the following link:


https://pulpit.alwatanvoice.com/content/print/214077.html

I could not think of an exact term for this.


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Note added at 1 hr (2020-02-29 16:05:59 GMT)
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Or: friends of self-interest

Ludina Sallam
United States
Local time: 19:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
friends of convenience


Explanation:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Friend Of Co...

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=convenience ...

TargamaT team
France
Local time: 04:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 84
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
emergency friends


Explanation:
When you aren't friends with anyone in a new place (class, gym, work, church, etc.) but you know you're going to need friends for that place, you become emergency friends.

Mohammad Rostami
United States
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi), Native in EnglishEnglish
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
fling frinedship - flingship


Explanation:
يمكن أن تعطي المعنى في ضمن السياق المطروح أعتقد وضمن الشرح اللاحق

Example sentence(s):
  • Raise the awareness of the juvenile about the difference between a true friendship and a flingship

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Flingship
Hussein Alsaleh
Syria
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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