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单词 a friend in need
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a friend in need
P2. Proverb. a friend in need is a friend indeed (also in deed) and variants: a friend who gives help when one is in need or difficulty is a true friend (or a friend in action, not just in words). Also (and now often) in shortened form a friend in need. [The idea is found in the 5th cent. b.c. in the ancient Greek playwright Euripides ( Hecuba 1226-7): ἐν τοῖς κακοῖς γὰρ ἁγαθοὶ σαφέστατοι φίλοι ‘for in adversity good friends are most clearly seen.’ The Roman writer Ennius (3rd-2nd cent. b.c.) has: amīcus certus in rē incertā cernitur ‘a sure friend is known in unsure times’ ( Tragedies 351, quoted by Cicero at De Amicitia 17.64).]
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OE Durham Proverbs (1956) 10 Amicus in necessitate probandus est, æt þearfe man sceal freonda cunnian.
a1450 (a1400) Titus & Vespasian (BL Add. 36523) 98 When tyme cometh thou art in nede; Than ogh men frenshep to shewe in dede.]
a1456 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 755 Ful weele is him þat fyndeþe a freonde at neede.
1599 R. Barnfield in W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. D7v Hee that is thy friend indeede, Hee will helpe thee in thy neede.
1659 S. Clarke Medulla Theologiæ vii. 57 By them [sc. afflictions] we are enabled to discerne our friends..; He who is a friend in need, is a friend indeed.
1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 142 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. 202 For a Friend in Time of Need (and no other) is a Friend in Deed.
1786 Elfrida II. 128 Well, if the proverb says true, that a friend in need is a friend indeed, what shall we not say in praise of Mr. Wilmot?
1866 C. Reade Griffith Gaunt III. xv. 321 You came to my side when I was in trouble... A friend in need is a friend indeed.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 15 July 3/3 The late Marquis..was a friend in need to the Franciscan Order.
1995 Smash Hits 29 Mar. 67/2 You feel obliged to be at the beck and call of a friend in need, but if your heart's not in it, forget it.
2012 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 24 July (Business section) a10 A friend in need is a friend indeed, but personal relationships can be jeopardized by borrowing money from..people you care about.
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