Men cope: friends somehow showing calmness in crisis (8,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
presence of mind
'calmness in crisis' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'men cope friends somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'men'+'cope'+'friends'='mencopefriends'
'mencopefriends' with letters rearranged gives 'PRESENCE OF MIND'.
'showing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for presence of mind that I've seen before include "alertness in crisis" , "Wits are required to display such" .)