A phrase used to describe someone who is a friend when they need something small (100), but when there's a big issue or one needs a significant help (1000), they are nowhere to be found. Essentially, it's used for fair-weather friends or those who aren't there during difficult times.
Examples
- Spanish: Siempre le ayudo cuando tiene problemas pequeños, pero cuando necesité su ayuda para mudarme, no estuvo. Realmente es un 'amigo de cien uno y de mil ninguno'.
- English: I always help him when he has small problems, but when I needed his help to move, he wasn't there. He really is a 'friend of a hundred one and of a thousand none'.