To draw water in a sieve

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• As welcome as water in one's shoes
• To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
• He carries fire in one hand and water in the other
• Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
• To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames)
• Still waters run deep
• Blood is thicker than water
• Little chips light great fires
• The scalded dog fears cold water
• One fire drives out another
• Every miller draws water to his own mill
• It is good fishing in troubled waters
• Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
• We never know the value of water till the well is dry
• The fat is in the fire