a friend in need is a friend indeed

English

Proverb

a friend in need is a friend indeed

1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): A true friend is one who helps you when you are in need.

Translations

someone who helps is a real friend

Azeri: yaxşı dost qara günde məlum olar (az) Bulgarian: приятел в нужда се познава (bg) (prijatel v nužda se poznava) (the friend is proven in need) Chinese: Mandarin: 患難見真情 (cmn), 患难见真情 (cmn) (huànnàn jiàn zhēnqíng) (adversity allows one to see the true feelings of others) Czech: v nouzi poznáš přítele (cs) Danish: i nøden kender man sine venner (da) Dutch: in nood leert men zijn vrienden kennen (nl) (when in need, one gets to know who his friends are) Finnish: hädässä ystävä tunnetaan (fi) French: dans le besoin on reconnaît ses amis (fr)

German: ein Freund in der Not ist ein Freund in der Tat (de) Hungarian: bajban ismerszik meg a jó barát (hu) Italian: gli amici si vedono nel momento del bisogno (it) Japanese: まさかの時の友こそ真の友 (ja) (masaka-no toki-no tomo koso shin-no tomo) Macedonian: пријателот во нужда се познава (mk) (prijátelot vo núžda se póznava) Old English: æt þearfe man sceal freonda cunnian (ang) Polish: prawdziwych przyjaciół poznaje się w biedzie (pl) Russian: друг познаётся в беде (ru) (drug poznajótsja v bedé) (the friend is proven in trouble) Swedish: i nöden (sv) prövas (sv) vännen (sv) Turkish: iyi dost kara günde belli olur (tr), dost kara günde belli olur (tr)

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Telugu: ఆపదలో ఆదుకునేవాడే నిజమైన స్నేహితుడు

References

• Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 107.