| Subject | English | Russian |
| fig., uncom. | be dug out of a parsley-bed | быть найденным в капусте (It can only be unfit for the perusal of such females as still believe the legend of their nursery that children are dug out of a parsley-bed; who have never been at church, or looked into a Bible, – and are totally ignorant that in the present state of the world, two sexes are necessary to the production of animals) |
| fig., uncom. | be found in a parsley-bed | быть найденным в капусте |
| fig., uncom. | come out of a parsley-bed | быть найденным в капусте |
| fig., uncom. | dig out of a parsley-bed | найти в капусте (It can only be unfit for the perusal of such females as still believe the legend of their nursery that children are dug out of a parsley-bed; who have never been at church, or looked into a Bible, – and are totally ignorant that in the present state of the world, two sexes are necessary to the production of animals.) |
| fig. | find in a parsley-bed | найти в капусте (о ребенке, чаще всего девочке; ср. gooseberry bush SirReal) |
| vulg., explan. | parsley-bed | женский лобок и гениталии (figurative, rare) In English nursery tradition: a parsley-bed as the pretended place where (especially girl) babies come from. Hence in extended use: the uterus; the female genitals. Compare "gooseberry bush".) |
