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:
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- Still waters run deep
- The scalded dog fears cold water
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- A little fire is quickly trodden out
- The fat is in the fire
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
- Blood is thicker than water
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- Beware of a silent dog and still water