Terms for subject American

English	Russian
check the box	ставить "галочку" в анкете (Alexander Matytsin)
like a jack in the box	появиться внезапно (как гром среди ясного неба; idiom Val_Ships)
outside the box	действовать вне рамок (VasDoc)
stuff the ballot-box	заполнять избирательную урну поддельными бюллетенями
stuff the ballot-box	фальсифицировать выборы
think outside the box	мыслить нестандартно (Thinking outside the box (also thinking out of the box or thinking beyond the box and, especially in Australia, thinking outside the square) is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. This phrase often refers to novel or creative thinking. wikipedia.org VasDoc)
think outside the box	мыслить незаурядно (We need to think outside the box if we are going to come up with something really new. Val_Ships)