解释
比喻人际关系中，新认识的人可能表面上看起来很好，但只有经过时间的考验和相互了解，才能真正建立起深厚的友谊。
Everything is good when new, but friends when old. 东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
同类谚语
- Content is better than riches. 知足者常乐。
- A good wife health is a man's best wealth. 妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
- Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
- Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。
- Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.天赋即吃苦耐劳的无比能力。
- Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。
- A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
- A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
- Doing is better than saying. 与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。
- All are brave when the enemy flies. 敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。
- A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。
- Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。