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:
- To fish in troubled waters
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- Little chips light great fires
- To draw water in a sieve
- There is no fire without smoke
- To build a fire under oneself
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- Still waters run deep
- The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
- Out of the frying-pan into the fire
- There is no smoke without fire
- He will never set the Thames on fire
- He carries fire in one hand and water in the other