Meaning

The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind

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What's the meaning of the phrase 'The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind'?

Misheard lyric.

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What’s the origin of the phrase ‘The ants are my friends, they’re blowing in the wind’?

A misheard version of Bob Dylan’s ‘the answer my friend is blowing in the wind’. It is difficult to know whether this was genuinely misheard or whether it is just a nice line that someone made up and presented as misheard.

Historical trend

“ants are my friends” in printed material over time

Source: Google Books Ngrams (1940–2020).

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  • ants are my friends