| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | не было у бабы забот, купила баба порося | another white elephant to take care of (m_rakova) |
| proverb | не было у бабы забот, купила баба порося | Life is easy? A pig in a poke will make you busy (Capital) |
| proverb | не было у бабы забот, купила баба порося | the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! (igisheva) |
| gen. | не было у бабы забот, купила баба порося | make a rod for one's own back (Рина Грант) |
| gen. | не было у бабы печали, так купила баба порося | make a rod for one's own back (Рина Грант) |
| proverb | не было у бабы печали,да купила баба порося | the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! (Rust71) |
| gen. | не было у бабы печали,да купила баба порося | make a rod for one's own back (Рина Грант) |
| proverb | не было у бабы хлопот, купила баба порося | the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! (used when a person meets (or is going to meet) with difficulties and troubles due to obligations taken upon oneself quite voluntarily) |
| gen. | не было у бабы хлопот, купила баба порося | make a rod for one's own back (Рина Грант) |
| gen. | не было у бабы хлопот, купила порося | make a rod for one's own back (Рина Грант) |
| gen. | не было у бабы хлопот, купила порося | trouble comes to him who seeks it (Interex) |
| proverb | не знала баба горя, купила баба порося | the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! (igisheva) |
| gen. | не мала баба клопоту – купила порося | the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! (украинск. Leonid Dzhepko) |
| gen. | помёт поросят | farrow |
| gen. | щениться пороситься и | litter |
