To draw water in a sieve

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• Out of the frying-pan into the fire
• There is no fire without smoke
• He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
• Blood is thicker than water
• To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
• To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
• To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
• Fools grow without watering
• Every miller draws water to his own mill
• We never know the value of water till the well is dry
• Little chips light great fires
• One fire drives out another
• To build a fire under oneself
• A great ship asks deep waters
• Salt water and absence wash away love