Choose the idiom that best fills the blank.
When I fell ill, he never visited once; he was only ______.

a man of lettersCorrect answerYour answerthe apple of my eyeCorrect answerYour answera fair-weather friendCorrect answerYour answera chip off the old blockCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

A fair-weather friend is one who disappears in hard times, as he did during the illness.

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The apple of my eye is someone deeply loved, the opposite of what the sentence describes.

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Choose the idiom that best fills the blank.When I fell ill, he never visited once; he was only ______.

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Choose the idiom that best fills the blank.
When I fell ill, he never visited once; he was only ______.