Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:-
One genuine friend is better than a hundred _____ friends.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
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:
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fair-deal – not an idiom related to friendship
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far cry – means something very different or distant
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see through – unrelated in this context