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I remember when Bono threw this into the lyrics for "Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World", like he had thought of it himself (he didn't - this was already an expression by 1991). That was when U2 jumped the shark for me.
A man without faith is like a fish without a bicycle.
Charles Harris. 1958
Earliest usage I could find.
Damn, even the phrase Bono stole was stolen.