Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:-

One genuine friend is better than a hundred _____ friends.

fair-weather

The correct answer is Option (2) → fair-weather

Complete sentence:
One genuine friend is better than a hundred fair-weather friends.

Explanation:
A fair-weather friend is someone who is only your friend when things are going well, but disappears during difficult times. This makes the contrast with a "genuine friend" meaningful.

Other options are incorrect:

• fair-deal – not an idiom related to friendship

• far cry – means something very different or distant

• see through – unrelated in this context