"Freunde in der Not gehen hundert auf ein Lot" meaning in German

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Friends in need are a hundred in a lot"
      },
      "expansion": "“Friends in need are a hundred in a lot”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Friends in need are a hundred in a lot"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “Friends in need are a hundred in a lot”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Lot"
      },
      "expansion": "Lot",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lot"
      },
      "expansion": "lot",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "Friends in need are weighed in milligrams."
      },
      "expansion": "Friends in need are weighed in milligrams.",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “Friends in need are a hundred in a lot”, meaning that a friend in need weighs 1% of a Lot (English “lot”), which is a historic measure of weight equivalent to half an ounce. One could thus loosely translate: “Friends in need are weighed in milligrams.” There are two explanations: either that one’s friends become “lightweight”, i.e. unreliable, when one is in need – or, less likely, that true friends in need are so rare that they have to be weighed in infinitesimal quantities.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "Freunde in der Not gehen hundert auf ein Lot",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a friend in need is a friend indeed"
      ],
      "id": "en-Freunde_in_der_Not_gehen_hundert_auf_ein_Lot-de-proverb-WvKrm9PN",
      "links": [
        [
          "a friend in need is a friend indeed",
          "a friend in need is a friend indeed"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "in der Not erkennt man seine Freunde"
        },
        {
          "word": "Freunde in der Not gehen tausend auf ein Lot"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfʁɔʏ̯ndə ˌɪn dɛɐ̯ ˈnoːt ˌɡeːən ˈhʊndɐt ˌaʊ̯f aɪ̯n ˈloːt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Freunde in der Not gehen hundert auf ein Lot"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Friends in need are a hundred in a lot"
      },
      "expansion": "“Friends in need are a hundred in a lot”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Friends in need are a hundred in a lot"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “Friends in need are a hundred in a lot”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Lot"
      },
      "expansion": "Lot",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lot"
      },
      "expansion": "lot",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "Friends in need are weighed in milligrams."
      },
      "expansion": "Friends in need are weighed in milligrams.",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “Friends in need are a hundred in a lot”, meaning that a friend in need weighs 1% of a Lot (English “lot”), which is a historic measure of weight equivalent to half an ounce. One could thus loosely translate: “Friends in need are weighed in milligrams.” There are two explanations: either that one’s friends become “lightweight”, i.e. unreliable, when one is in need – or, less likely, that true friends in need are so rare that they have to be weighed in infinitesimal quantities.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "Freunde in der Not gehen hundert auf ein Lot",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "German lemmas",
        "German multiword terms",
        "German proverbs",
        "German rhyming phrases",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a friend in need is a friend indeed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a friend in need is a friend indeed",
          "a friend in need is a friend indeed"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "in der Not erkennt man seine Freunde"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfʁɔʏ̯ndə ˌɪn dɛɐ̯ ˈnoːt ˌɡeːən ˈhʊndɐt ˌaʊ̯f aɪ̯n ˈloːt/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Freunde in der Not gehen tausend auf ein Lot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Freunde in der Not gehen hundert auf ein Lot"
}