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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Friend in Need (A). A friend in need is a friend indeed. "Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur. " Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Auxiliary | Friend in need, Jack at a pinch, deus ex machina, guardian angel, tutelary genius. |
Friend | Favorer, fautor, patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need; (auxiliary). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: FRIEND IN NEED |
| Specialty definitions using "FRIEND IN NEED": saw. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Friend in Need (1924) A Friend in Need (1915) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The Two Happiest Men Alive : A Friend in need is a Friend indeed / [William Heath]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Plautus | Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SAW, n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth. A penny saved is a penny to squander. A man is known by the company that he organizes. A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that. A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring. Better late than before anybody has invited you. Example is better than following it. Half a loaf is better than a whole one if there is much else. Think twice before you speak to a friend in need. What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it. Least said is soonest disavowed. He laughs best who laughs least. Speak of the Devil and he will hear about it. Of two evils choose to be the least. Strike while your employer has a big contract. Where there's a will there's a won't. |
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Expression using "FRIEND IN NEED": a friend in need is a friend indeed. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "FRIEND IN NEED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 助け船 (help, lifeboat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たすけぶね (help, lifeboat, timely help). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iendfray inay eednay prietenul la nevoie se cunoaşte (a friend in need is a friend indeed). (various references) en la necesidad se conoce al amigo (a friend in need is a friend indeed). (various references) i nöden prövas vännen (a friend in need is a friend indeed). (various references) dost kara günde belli olur (a friend in need is a friend indeed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-e-f-i-i-n-n-n-r" | |
-3 letters: redefined, reedified. | |
-4 letters: defender, fendered, friended, redefied, redefine, redenied. | |
-5 letters: deedier, defined, definer, deified, deifier, edified, edifier, finnier, needier, refined, reified. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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