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:
- Too much water drowned the miller
- To draw water in a sieve
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- The fat is in the fire
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- To build a fire under oneself
- Blood is thicker than water
- One fire drives out another
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- There is no smoke without fire
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
- To pour water into a sieve