| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | make a drink | налить напиток |
| gen. | make a drink | приготовить напиток |
| pharm. | make a drink | изготовь напиток |
| inf. | make yourself useful-get Jenny a drink | сделай полезное дело-подай напиться Дженни (Andrey Truhachev) |
| inf. | make yourself useful-get Jenny a drink | cделай одолжение-подай напиток Дженни (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink | Была бы честь предложена (Иногда: You can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink Boris Gorelik) |
| proverb | you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink | можно подвести коня к воде, но нельзя заставить его пить (Смысл пословицы вовсе не в том, что нельзя заставить кого-то сделать что-либо насильно, а в том, что нельзя сделать абсолютно все за другого – человек должен сам захотеть научиться, помочь себе и т.п., сам приложить какие-то усилия) You can present someone with an opportunity, but you cannot force him or her to take advantage of it) Jill: I told Katy about all the jobs that are available at our company, but she hasn't applied for any of them. – Jane: You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. 4uzhoj) |
| proverb | you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink | можно привести лошадь к водопою, но нельзя заставить её пить (4uzhoj) |
| gen. | you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink | насильно мил не будешь (anadyakov) |
| proverb | you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink | не всего можно добиться силой |
| proverb | you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink | можно пригнать коня на водопой, но пить его не заставишь |
| proverb | you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink | насильно мил не будешь |
| proverb | you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink | силою не все возьмёшь (дословно: Можно отвести лошадь на водопой, но невозможно заставить её пить) |
| proverb | you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink | сердцу не прикажешь (The word the is frequently omitted from the proverb and lead substituted for take. 1970 J. MITFORD in Atlantic (1979) July 50 The dropout rate [for the course] must be close to 90 percent. I guess you can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink. OED Alexander Demidov) |
| proverb | you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink | можно отвести лошадь на водопой, но невозможно заставить её пить |
| gen. | you can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink | насильно мил не будешь (чаще: you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink) |
| idiom. | you can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink | насилу мил не будешь (anadyakov) |
| gen. | you can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink | сердцу не прикажешь (you can lead/take a horse to water but you can't make him drink: you can give someone the opportunity to do something but you can't get him or her to do it if they don't want to. The woman took her children to the park but they were not interested in playing in the playground. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. ICC Alexander Demidov) |
| proverb | you may lead a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink | насильно мил не будешь |
| idiom. | you may lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink | не всего можно добиться силой (Nadiya_K) |
