| English | Russian |
| as well as be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb | двум смертям не бывать, одной не миновать |
| as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb | двум смертям не бывать, а одной не миновать |
| as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb | двум смертям не бывать, одной не миновать |
| as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb | двум смертям не бывать, а одной не миновать |
| as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb | семь бед – один ответ |
| as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb | семь бед – один ответ |
| as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb | семь бед-один ответ (дословно: Всё равно за что быть повешенным: за овцу или ягнёнка) |
| as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb | всё равно за что быть повешенным: за овцу или ягнёнка |
| as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb | двум смертям не бывать, одной не миновать |
| as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb | семь бед – один ответ |
| do as most men do, then most men will speak well of you | в строю идёшь – шагай в ногу |
| don't count out a prison cell, a begging bowl may come as well | от сумы да от тюрьмы не зарекайся |
| don't count out a prison cell, a begging bowl may come as well | от сумы и от тюрьмы не зарекайся |
| don't count out a prison cell, a begging bowl may come as well | от сумы да от тюрьмы не отрекайся |
| faith, that's as well said, as if I had said it myself! | господи, как хорошо сказано, будто я сам это сказал! |
| hatred is blind, as well as love | у огня не бывает прохлады, у гнева – рассудка |
| hatred is blind, as well as love | ненависть, как и любовь, слепа |
| hatred is blind, as well as love | у огня не бывает прохлады, у гнева-рассудка (дословно: Ненависть, как и любовь, слепа) |
| hatred is blind, as well as love | страсти затуманивают разум (дословно: Ненависть, как и любовь, слепа) |
| hatred is blind, as well as love | у огня не бывает прохлады, у гнева- рассудка |
| have come to know very well as a result of long-time association | пуд соли с кем съесть |
| it is as well to know which way the wind blows | хорошо обо всём знать наперёд |
| love is blind, as well as hatred | любовь ни зги не видит (дословно: Любовь, как и ненависть, слепа) |
| love is blind, as well as hatred | любовь зла, полюбишь и козла (дословно: Любовь, как и ненависть, слепа) |
| love is blind, as well as hatred | любовь, как и ненависть, слепа |
| love is blind, as well as hatred | любовь слепа (дословно: Любовь, как и ненависть, слепа) |
| love lives in cottages as well as in courts | любовь живёт и во дворцах, и в лачугах |
| love lives in cottages as well as in courts | любовь живёт и в лачугах, и во дворцах |
| love lives in cottages as well as in courts | с милым рай и в шалаше (contrast: 3 love lasts as long as money endures. who marrieth for love without money hath good nights and sorry days. a poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands. when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window) |
| might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb | помирать, так с музыкой |
| might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb | погибать, так с музыкой |
| one may as well or good be hanged or hung for a sheep as for a lamb | семь бед-один ответ (once one has committed an offence involving punishment, one need not hesitate to commit further offences which will involve no greater penally, let's disregard the regulations, let's do it) |
| one might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. | Раз пошла такая пьянка – режь последний огурец! |
| one might as well or good be hanged or hung for a sheep as for a lamb | семь бед-один ответ (once one has committed an offence involving punishment, one need not hesitate to commit further offences which will involve no greater penally, let's disregard the regulations, let's do it) |
| we might as well eat and drink, tomorrow we'll be dead! | будем есть и пить, ибо завтра умрём! |
| you know as well as I do that | вы знаете не хуже меня, что ('Don't stand there saying "Sir?" You know as well as I do that a situation has arisen which calls for the immediate coming of all good men to the aid of the party.' (P.G. Wodehouse)) |
| you might as well look for a needle in a haystack | лови ветра в поле |
| you might as well look for a needle in a haystack | ищи ветра в поле |
| you might as well talk to a brick wall | как об стенку горох |
