Are there any famous idioms or proverbs of friendship in your language? What is it? Can you describe one of your closest friends. Do you have any long distance friends? How often do you keep in touch with your long-distance friends? Do you make friends easily? How are your friendships different now than they were when you were a child? How do you maintain a good friendship? How many people do you consider your "best friends?" What are the advantages and disadvantages of having friends?
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Riyam A
2/24/2015 02:07:54 pm
Actually, we have a lot of famous proverbs of friendship in our language. I like some of these proverbs like " Real friends are hard to find them, hard to leave them, and it's impossible to forget them" and another one is " The most beautiful thing in life a friend reads you without letters, understands you with no speaking, and loves you without expecting something in return from you". My childhood friend her name is " Shahad", we knew each other when we were in the first grade and we stayed together until seventh grade.when we moved from our country to another country I couldn't keep in touch with my friends, but the good thing that I can always make a new friends in everywhere. Now I have three friends and we are like sisters, but having friends has many advantages like have a good time with my friends, help each other, and when we need each other we always be there. The disadvantages of having a friends I think it's be when we have a bad friends because having a bad friends makes us bad people by the time
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Ibtihal D
2/24/2015 05:05:58 pm
In fact,we have a lot of famous idioms and proverbs of friendship in my language,because in my native country friendship and friend to be more specific is really important thing. And I like some of these idioms and proverbs such as,( A friend in need is a friend indeed ) and that's mean a lot , like when people need a help the first one will help is their good friends.I have a lot of friends and all of them are really good , but I have a friend she is very close to me I feel like that she is my sister not my friend and we love each other very much. I have a lot of friends back there in my country and I always trying to keep touch with them and we talked on the phone Etc.I make friends really fast because i'm a friendly woman and I like to make friends and talk .My friendships wasn't different when I was a child , because I'm the same person with the same act and feelings and nothing will change ever.Its really hard to tell how many best friends do I have ,because I like all my friends and I respect them,but in fact,I have one friend she is my best friend , because she always beside me when i need. Also she is my neighbor and I see her everyday and we became a best friends.So i feel that,She is just like my sister . The disadvantages if somebody have a really bad friends, they will become the same because their friend will teach Him/Her the bad things and that's might effect on a lot of things in many ways.So always we chose a friend we have to chose a good one so we could learn a good stuff for our friends.
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Oscar S
2/25/2015 02:07:58 pm
Yes we have "friends stay with you forever" I have two best friends they are very nice we talk about anything one word an we can make a big conversation about that. I have a long distance friend she is from Mexico we chat and talk almost everyday she is fun and he has a great personality I make jokes about her and she allways laugh, I'm not good making friends is kind hard for me because I'm not that kind person that go and can talk.
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Aida T
2/25/2015 03:28:33 pm
There is an expression, or such is said to be the friend standing with you when you narrow, when there is a problem standing beside you and support you, I have a friend in the cities which is closer to me than anyone because she was still beside me in the same area and I consider my sister is still far away from me but by communication We are in constant contact In this time of friendship is not easy when you're a child was friendship innocent but now is completely different, most friendships now are mutual interests, so I maintain a good friendship good treatment and offer him help everything and at any time and at no charge, which I mean a friendship basis candor and respect, I have many of loyal friends, there are advantages and disadvantages when friends, but I'm the opinion of the large number of friends bring problems, the best thing we stay with our friends the ancients.
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Matiullah A
2/26/2015 01:43:57 am
we have a lot of proverbs of friendship in my native language(Pashto)
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Ibrahim M
2/26/2015 02:05:12 am
We have a lot of them in Arabic
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riyad j
2/26/2015 05:41:22 am
Yes there are a lot of famous proverbs and idioms of friendship in my Arabic language culture,(You know the real friendship when you are in trouble ) especially when you ask for help , In my career i discover a lot of good and bad people. unfortunately i don,t have any long distance friend. Sometimes it,s difficult to make friends,it depends on the situation where are you in , The friendships are becoming different now than i was a child At the end you have to be a honest, trust, respect to get a good friends.
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Carlos C.
2/26/2015 09:43:21 am
We have many idioms and proverbs in Spanish. The most popular are clear accounts, lasting friendships and I take off my shirt for a good friend. Luis is one of my closest friends; he is an honest person. Some people think that he’s weird, but to me he is cool and a good friend. I do have a lot of long distance friends. All of my best friends are in Mexico. I try to keep in touch with them, but I don’t do it so often. It is hard for me to make new friends. As a child I was very close to my friends, but now we just keep in touch once in a while. The best way to maintain a good friendship is having communication and spending time together. I consider five people as my best friends. One advantage of having friends is that you always have someone to talk to besides your family. I don’t see any disadvantages of having friends.
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Fetoun .A
2/26/2015 11:23:13 am
friendship is very important. It's kind of balance in our lives. Friend could be closest than relatives some times ,we have idiom in my culture ''tell me accompany tell you who you are ''it's important to choose your friend because in some how he will influence in your personalty.I have a really good friend back round, we had a wonderful time .In fact we have the same interests, it was very hard for me, when I left her,and say good by,we spend together twenty years ,had some happy ,funny,and sad moment .She is very important person in my life, I still contact with her until know ,we still talk to each other every week remember that lovely time of our activities that we had .I'm flexible person I can make friends easily , I have some friends here too,we get together every couple weeks .the friendship could change between now and when you were a child. In my opinion the real friends comes after eight teen years old ,before that time rarely continue .The good friendship are when you need help ,you fined it ,this is the real friendship.The best friend is one friend not more ,it's hard to fined more than one close to you ,it's seldom to happens.My friend should be understands ,helpfully , and give me his hand when I need it ,I don't like the selfish ,arrogant,and sneaky person.at the end we should have a good friendship.
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Rita Eeso
2/26/2015 12:44:05 pm
In fact, in my country we have a lot of famous idioms of friendship in my language. All of them are great and has good description about the friends, but the one i like most says, "If you have friends, you are rich." That is mean friends is more important than everything in our life. That means money is not only the thing that can make you rich and happy, because with your money can not buy friends and build friendship. My childhood's friend is Rena. we spent very beautiful time together. We loved each other and we were very good friends. She was like my sister. Now, we are living in different countries, but we still in touch, and she still my best friend. Now in Sacramento, I have two friends, I really can't imagine my life without them. The advantages of having friends is help you when you need help, spend good time together and have fun. The disadvantages is when you have a bad friends will lead you to the wrong way and might let you face a lot of problems in your life.
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Aleksey F.
2/27/2015 04:09:50 am
I believe every culture has some idioms and proverbs about friendship. The most popular sayings about friends in my native language are: “An old friend is better than two new ones,” “You get to really know your friend when trouble comes,” “Friendship is like glass - once broken, it is never mended.” I don’t know how to describe my best friend. If you look at my friend, he is just an ordinary person and there is nothing special about him in physical way. However, he is one of the people in this world who I consider my best friend. We grew up together and liked the same activities. We listened to the same music and spent a lot of time together. When I moved to the U.S., our friendship became the distant one. We still call each other once in a great while, but most of the time we socialize through social web sites such as Facebook. My friend has the biggest heart in the world. He always helps people in need. I welcome his advice all the time. He always goes to be the person who is my best friend even more than my brothers. There are not that many people in the world who I consider my good friends because like one of the idioms says: the good friend is hard to find.
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Silvana.Z
2/27/2015 08:39:35 am
"Friendship doubles your joys and sorrows divided in half" and this one said that " Never says who retains firm friendships will only attentive to their claims". These are proverbs is very famous in my country.I have two best friends we talked almost every day, I know them since they were in elementary school, on certain things could say that we are similar but in other we are so different, I think that's what I like when to make friends, that may have that combination between the similar and different from oneself.We know that people will always changing as the years pass, but if the friendship is strong I think it can last for a lifetime.I am an outgoing, friendly person and I can consider myself lucky because I have a bunch of friends even from other countries but I have best friends that we kept in touch despite many years without seeing each other. And a rule we always have with my friends, no matter the distance, no matter the years go by, just every time we meet we see each other as good friends we always were.
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Hadeer AL
2/27/2015 10:11:32 am
In my country,we have many of idioms for friendship.a lot of the idioms, like the friend is big worth of our life because we think and believe the friendship is the Treasure.when you have good friends that mean is you will feel you are get rich by happy,when you are need them to help you and you help them that is the Treasure.Yes I have many of friends.I think when any body was child has many friends, but when get older you have some of friends you are think these your feeling fun to them.I think the best friends when they have ideas and think same your ideas and they help you, when you need them.
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Nagham E
2/27/2015 03:27:57 pm
There are so manu famous idioms in my country. Thet are all meaningful. Thr one I personally like the most and think is so meaningful is "A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world." It means a lot and that one friend can mean the whole world to somebody. I have a long distance friends, it is so hard to stay in touch with the friends that do not live where I live. But I always call and talk to them as often as I could.Friendships were better when I was a child because We were always together my friends and I. But now we all live in different places.To maintain a good friendship, you must trust your friends and don't lie to the. I only consider couple people as my best friends because it is hard to make true friends. Advantages of having a friendship is that so you can tell them everything and when you are sad you can go to them and just let everything out and they will take care of you. I dont think there is any disadvantages of having a friend!
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Vladimir S
2/28/2015 04:19:08 am
There is an old Ukrainian proverb of friendship saying this: “Do not have $100, but have 100 friends” or in other words: “It is better to have 100 friends than $100”. Finding 100 good friends is hard, but having a couple of close friends is a good thing. One of my closest friends is my cousin. He lives here in Sacramento. He is my friend forever and I always rely on him in difficult situations. Also I have a close friend who lives in Ukraine. We kept friendship for long time since we were little boys. Nowadays, it is hard to find a friend you can rely on or trust because the world is totally different than it was long time before. Many years ago we did not have lots of wealth, but friendship was valuable. Today, many people value money or position in society more than good friendship. I think that if I have a good close friend than I may have extra support in my life. The disadvantage of having friends is that they know too much about you and your family.
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Marina K
2/28/2015 06:19:15 am
In my language, there are a lot of idioms of friendship. For example “Old friend better than two new ones” it means that the friend that you know for long time, is worth than two new ones. Another one is “Don’t have 100 dollars, but have 100 friends” it means that it is better to have friends than money. I have long distance friends. We keep in touch every day by texting and we skype on weekends. I make friends easily, because I can find any them to talk about with the person. My friendships in childhoods were about having fun and sharing food with your friend, and now friendship means who I can trust to and they can support me. I maintain a good friendship, by trustworthy, supporting by your friend when no one is there for you, and fun. I consider three best friends. Advantages of having friends are that you always now that someone cares about you and needs you and there is no disadvantages of having friends.
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Ali R
2/28/2015 02:33:45 pm
We have a lot of proverbs about friendship for example ( a friend is like a mirror) means a good friend always says your defect and your fault to your self not to anybody else. And another one is(one enemy is too many and a hundred friends too few) Or (whatever comes from a friend is pleasant) means a good friend never want anything bad for you. Or (if you want to know someone look at his/her friends) means your friends show your personality. Or (a person without friend is like a tree without roots) means if you don’t have any friends always you may fell down. There is a lot of them. I have several long distance friends, they are really good friends and we always contact each other. To maintain a good friendship we should help each other and always be available and spend time for each other, for example if your friend is sad talk with him/her and encourage , when they are in trouble help them to solve the problems.
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Hossein R
2/28/2015 10:49:11 pm
JOURNAL FRIENDSHIP 2/23/2015
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Vasile Besliu
3/1/2015 03:15:45 am
There are hundreds of proverbs about friends and friendship in my language. One of them is "Make new friends, but don't forget the old ones". One of closest friends lives in Moldova. We are friends since we went to the army together. We are best-friends because we help each other when in need. I have a lot of long-distance friends. We keep in touch pretty often, sometimes twice a week. I make friends easily, these are not close or long friendships. Now my friendships, are not based on toys and games as in childhood, but on qualities. To mentain a good friendship, the key is trust. You have to trust each other and keep on touch. I consider two persons my best-friends. The advantages are infitine, such as connections and way to spend time together. Disadvantages ? Too many birthdays to remember.
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Zixuan W
3/1/2015 11:03:11 am
Yes, It is:"A younge idler,an old begger." I met my close friend in my high school and she is outging that willing to make friends with each other. when I have been to high school, she's helped me lot. We always went to schoole toghter.Finally, we became to the best friend of each other. My long distance friend is my neighbor when I llived in China. We keep in touch everyday by facetime.Yes, because I'm willing to make friends. There is no differences between tnow and the past. Just keep in touch. Only one. I think the advantage that I can study how to share but the disadvantage is that have chance to be cheat when you met some bad people.
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Atefeh R
3/1/2015 12:05:29 pm
Of course we have a lot of proverb in our language. I think every culture have their idioms . They have different idea and outlook about making friendship. My country has very kind and nice people.With all the hardship in life today , but they still try to be helpful for each other. I have a best friend from my country. She is like my sister. he is really sweetheart and wise girl.We know a lot of secret about each other. I love her so much and I know she loves me too, but she always gave me a good advice and when ever I do something wrong she says my defect and my fault because she wants me to be perfect.She never approve me spurious . I try to help and correct her mistake as well. I think real friends have to be like this and take care their friends. Sometimes friends can be closer than your family. I can not imagine life without my friend.I already miss her.
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Ehsan H
3/1/2015 12:31:42 pm
I think all the countries have different meaning of friendship and they also have a lot of idioms about friendship too. As a ancient country we have a lot of famous idioms on my language. Because i have a lot of friends and of course experience about friendship I think the best one is : wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.Some of us have a wrong meaning about being a good friend. We think to be a good friend we have to close our eyes and forget all of friends mistakes and all the time be in their side even when they are not right. But I think it is really wrong,if I see my friend do something bad and i do not tell him this is your mistake it means I push him to wrong way. This famous idioms wants to tell us we have to be a wise and honest person in our friendship.We have to help each other to grow and raise because the friendship is not only make fun .Friendship is like a true support if not wise enemy is much better for you than unwise friends.
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ALAA A
3/1/2015 01:34:39 pm
Yes there any famous idioms or proverbs of friendship in my language, it’s almost
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bahar s
3/1/2015 01:49:09 pm
There are a lot of famous idioms of friendship in my language. For example, friend said I told you, but enemy said, I wanted to told you. The exact meaning of this idioms is, the real friend always want to defense and take care about you, but non real friend always wants to put you in trouble, and never care about you. I have one close friend here, her name is Lie. I have some good friends ,but we have a long distance. Some of them live in European country ,and some of them live in Canada. We see each other every 3 or 4 years in Turkey. I make friend so easy, but trust so hard .I have to know the person well then I trust the person, but when I was child I make friend easy ,without think about anything but now I choose the friend so carefully. In good friendship ,they have to trust and help each other in hard and easy situation, keep their secrete to maintain your friendship. Who protect me ,give me good advice, wise and smart, polite ,respectful, and trustful can be my good friends. If you have a good friends, you are lucky and have a good advantage, and If you have non wise friend , its better you don't have it, because most of the times you in trouble.
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MODESTA S.
3/1/2015 02:17:20 pm
We have many proverbs in my language Spanish. friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship,never. My close friends is caring,honest and She is a wonderful person I miss Her. I talking with her twice a month because She lives in Mexico. It's very hard for me to make new new friends. I don't have many friends in this country but I have my husband was my best friend since before we got married. Is good to have friends because they stay with you when you need them.
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Kamola N
3/1/2015 05:19:58 pm
We have a lot of proverbs or idiom about friendship. As " be with your friend whatever days she has". I have my best friend, but she is very far from me. We know each other for seven years. I trust my secrets for her. I usually talk with her twice a week. We always help each other as we can. I also like another proverb about friend. "With your friend your home looks like castle even it is very poor.
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