It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope.
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.
If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it.
An empty cab drove up and Sarah Bernhardt got out.