| Russian | English |
| нет крови – нет фола | no blood no foul (The phrase No Blood, No Foul insinuates that as long as violence does not leave a mark, it is not prosecutable. The phrase has been used euphemistically in the context of the game streetball, the use of surreptitious abuse at the Iraqi military base Camp Nama, the use of physical and psychological torture more broadly, and acts of medical malpractice.: Одним словом, уличный баскетбол. Правила позволяют грубо играть, грузно играть. В стритболе есть правило: 'Нет крови – нет фола, есть кровь – нет фола'. Фола нет никогда' SAKHstasia) |
| нет покоя голове в венце | heavy is the head that wears the crown (Taras) |
| нет пользы сожалеть о том, чего не вернуть | it is no use crying over spilt milk |
| нет тела, нет дела | no body, no murder (For centuries in England there was a mistaken view that without a body there could be no trial for murder, a misconception that arose following the Campden Wonder case of 1660. A local man had vanished, and after an investigation three individuals were hanged for his murder. Two years later, the supposed victim appeared alive and well, telling a story of having been abducted and enslaved in Turkey. The mistaken view of "no body, no murder" persisted into the 20th century; in the case of Mamie Stuart, who disappeared in late 1919, her husband George Shotton was not charged despite significant circumstantial evidence because her body had not been found  wikipedia.org 'More) |
