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| Subject | English | Russian |
| slang | have a handle on somebody | догонять (понимать кого-то или что-то vogeler) |
| slang | have a handle on somebody | врубаться (vogeler) |
| gen. | have a handle on somebody | понимать (I thought I had a pretty good handle on English idioms, but I don't understand this one at all! vogeler) |
| gen. | have a handle on something | контролировать (что-либо КГА) |
| gen. | have a handle on something | владеть ситуацией (it means that you understand it and in the case of a situation, you have control of it КГА) |