To draw water in a sieve

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• We never know the value of water till the well is dry
• He will never set the Thames on fire
• Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
• A great ship asks deep waters
• Still waters run deep
• There is no smoke without fire
• Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
• Little chips light great fires
• To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames)
• To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
• To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
• To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
• A little fire is quickly trodden out
• A burnt child dreads the fire
• Too much water drowned the miller