Fair weather friends are not worth much

• This everyday expression means you must beware friends who disappear when the hard times come.
• The expression comes from one of Aesop's Fables, ‘The Swallow and the Crow’. Aesop lived between c. 620-560 BCE.

Aesop’s Fable ‘The Swallow and the Crow’

• The Crow and the Swallow are arguing over their plumage. The Swallow is saying how much more beautiful it’s feathers are compared to the Crow.
• The Crow ends the debate by saying that it’s feathers work very well in winter, the very time when the Swallow disappears.
• The moral is that friends who are there only in fair weather are not worth very much.