| English | Russian |
| in a pickle, take the nickel | на войне все средства хороши (the idiom implies taking any necessary action, even unconventional ones, to achieve victory Taras) |
| in a pickle, take the nickel | без вариантов, хаваем, что дают (conveys grudging acceptance of the only available solution Taras) |
| in a pickle, take the nickel | с миру по нитке – голому рубаха (highlights pooling small resources together to overcome a challenge Taras) |
| in a pickle, take the nickel | хвататься за соломинку (implying that one will take any small chance when in a desperate situation Taras) |
| in a pickle, take the nickel | ловить каждую возможность (Taras) |
| in a pickle, take the nickel | на безрыбье и рак рыба (the idiom implies accepting any available option, even if it's not ideal, when in a difficult situation Taras) |
| in a pickle, take the nickel | не брезгуем, берем, что дают (implies pragmatically taking an imperfect option Taras) |
| take in | посещать (памятные места, зрелищные мероприятия и т.п.) |
| take in | пойти |
| take in | посетить |
| take in | наблюдать за (чем-либо; to observe, as in "he was taking in the first inning of the Mets-Giants game Val_Ships) |
| take in | осматривать (достопримечательности) |
| take in stride | воспринять без излишнего волнения (She was able to take her sudden rise to fame in stride. Val_Ships) |
| take someone in the backway | по зелёному коридору (Maggie) |
