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.
If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope.
If you demand money from someone in exchange for your silence, it's called 'blackmail'. If your lawyer demands money from someone in exchange for your silence, it's called a settlement. If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.