It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope.
A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it.
Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.
About a veteran player thrown out trying to steal second: There was larceny in his heart, but his legs were honest.
A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure.
An empty cab drove up and Sarah Bernhardt got out.