About a veteran player thrown out trying to steal second: There was larceny in his heart, but his legs were honest.
His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours.
[History is] petrified imagination.
It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope.
A plumber is an adventurer who traces leaky pipes to their source.
A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure.