"His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours."

"Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf."

"It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope."

"She used to diet on any kind of food she could lay her hands on."

"A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure."

"A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it."

"Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse."