The trouble with straw men is it only takes a single match to set them ablaze.
Most people spend their lives building financial houses of straws, which are susceptible to wind, fire, rain and big bad wolves.
We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a drowning man?
Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers.
Straw purchasing is illegal.
Your lot in life? A lot is something you draw, like straws. It's chance. You didn't get this life by chance. You chose it on purpose. If you're dissatisfied from it, you can change it.
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
A stranger stabs you in the front; a friend stabs you in the back; a boyfriend stabs you in the heart, but best friends only poke each other with straws
Oft stumbles at a straw.
Wits and swords are as straws against the wisdom of the Darkness.
People who believe in politics are like people who believe in God: they are sucking wind through bent straws.
