As welcome as water in one's shoes
Желанный, как вода в туфлях (т. е. совсем некстати).
Нужен, как собаке пятая нога. Нужен, как пятое колесо в телеге.
Другие пословицы:
- He will never set the Thames on fire
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
- One fire drives out another
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
- Still waters run deep
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- The fat is in the fire
- To draw water in a sieve
- There is no smoke without fire
- Salt water and absence wash away love
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us