Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.
It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope.
Liquor - you can make it illegal but you can't make it unpopular.
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.
A plumber is an adventurer who traces leaky pipes to their source.
A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure.