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A friend in need is a friend indeed

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  1. A friend who helps out when we are in trouble is a true friend — unlike others who disappear when trouble arises.


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"A friend in need is a friend indeed," he said.

From Reuters

The saying suggests that a friend in need is a friend indeed.

From BBC

“We have been stressing to the U.S. that ‘a friend in need is a friend indeed’,” Chung Eui-yong told reporters at the Kwanhun Club, a representative association of journalists in South Korea.

From Reuters

“A friend in need is a friend indeed,” Vucic said, while Zaev praised him for showing the “real solidarity in practice.”

From Washington Times

Widodo only used English during his speech to Parliament to say: “A friend in need is a friend indeed” and: “Good day, mate.”

From Washington Times