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Make a foul-weather friend

Arabic translation: اتخذ صديق لوقت الضيق


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English term or phrase:Make a foul-weather friend
Arabic translation:اتخذ صديق لوقت الضيق
Entered by: Dina Ali
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03:21 Apr 15, 2011
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English term or phrase: Make a foul-weather friend
Advice on being economical:

Make a foul-weather friend. By arranging for an alternative place to run your business in case of a major disaster, you may be able to save on business interruption insurance, advises the Insurance Information Institute. For instance, you could arrange with a firm in the same industry to use their facilities in case of damage, and vice versa.
Dina Ali
Egypt
Local time: 00:41
اتخذ صديق لوقت الضيق
Explanation:
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Mohsin Alabdali
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 01:41
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2اتخذ صديقا تلجأ إليه عند الشدة/ ليكن لك صديقٌ ينفعك في الضراء
Muhammad Atallah
5إجعل من الجو السيئ صديقاً/صادق الجو السيئ
Liliane Hatem
4حول النقمة الى نعمة
Morano El-Kholy
4اتخذ صديق لوقت الضيق
Mohsin Alabdali
3اتخذ صديق يقف معك في الأوقات الصعبةsky light


  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
make a foul-weather friend
إجعل من الجو السيئ صديقاً/صادق الجو السيئ


Explanation:
اي لا تدع الكوارث الطبيعية تعيق اعمالك
this is not an idiom

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Note added at 30 mins (2011-04-15 03:52:07 GMT)
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اي لا تدع الكوارث او الأزمات تعيق اعمالك

Liliane Hatem
Local time: 01:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 24
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
make a foul-weather friend
اتخذ صديقا تلجأ إليه عند الشدة/ ليكن لك صديقٌ ينفعك في الضراء


Explanation:
A foul-weather friend is the opposite of a fair-weather friend. A foul-weather friend only seeks you out if they have a problem, need a shoulder to cry on, a ride to town or someone to watch their dog, but otherwise they act as if they don't even know you. They're only your chum when they're glum. While a fair-weather friend is your friend when your life is fine, and times are good but they abandon you when you have a problem, lose your job, etc.


    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=foul-weather%...
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 00:41
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 29

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agree  TargamaT
1 hr

agree  Zeinab Alayan
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
make a foul-weather friend
اتخذ صديق لوقت الضيق


Explanation:
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Mohsin Alabdali
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 01:41
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
make a foul-weather friend
حول النقمة الى نعمة


Explanation:
استفيد من النقمة و حولها الى نعمة
اجعل من النقمة, نعمة

Morano El-Kholy
Local time: 00:41
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1 day5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
make a foul-weather friend
اتخذ صديق يقف معك في الأوقات الصعبة


Explanation:
هو الصديق الذي يساعدك علي التغلب علي الأوقات الصعبة التي تمر بك

sky light
Local time: 00:41
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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