"with friends like these who needs enemies" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "The Yale Book of Quotations cites American comedian Joey Adams as the originator of this line.",
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        "head": "with friends like these who needs enemies?"
      },
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979 August 11, John Kyper, “Gay Shame!”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 5",
          "text": "Three years ago Elaine Noble came out to San Francisco and campaigned against Harvey Milk, at the behest of Foster and David Goodstein. These people now have the gall to take Harvey's name in vain. With \"friends\" like these, who needs enemies? Hypocrites!",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "associate",
          "associate"
        ],
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          "adversarial",
          "adversarial"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "with friends like those who needs enemies"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
          "word": "avec des amis comme ça"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
          "word": "on n’a pas besoin d’ennemis"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
          "word": "wer solche Freunde hat, braucht keine Feinde"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
          "word": "com amigos assim, quem precisa de inimigos"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
          "word": "con amigos así, ¿para qué quieres enemigos?"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
          "word": "con amigos así, ¿para qué quiero enemigos?"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪθ fɹɛn(d)z laɪk ðiːz hu niːdz ˈɛnəmiːz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "with friends like these who needs enemies"
}

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  "etymology_text": "The Yale Book of Quotations cites American comedian Joey Adams as the originator of this line.",
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        "head": "with friends like these who needs enemies?"
      },
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  "pos": "phrase",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979 August 11, John Kyper, “Gay Shame!”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 5",
          "text": "Three years ago Elaine Noble came out to San Francisco and campaigned against Harvey Milk, at the behest of Foster and David Goodstein. These people now have the gall to take Harvey's name in vain. With \"friends\" like these, who needs enemies? Hypocrites!",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "associate",
          "associate"
        ],
        [
          "adversarial",
          "adversarial"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪθ fɹɛn(d)z laɪk ðiːz hu niːdz ˈɛnəmiːz/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "with friends like those who needs enemies"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
      "word": "avec des amis comme ça"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
      "word": "on n’a pas besoin d’ennemis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
      "word": "wer solche Freunde hat, braucht keine Feinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
      "word": "com amigos assim, quem precisa de inimigos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
      "word": "con amigos así, ¿para qué quieres enemigos?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents",
      "word": "con amigos así, ¿para qué quiero enemigos?"
    }
  ],
  "word": "with friends like these who needs enemies"
}