| English | Russian |
| he'd make a lovely corpse | он хорошо смотрелся бы в гробу |
| here's a fine how d'ye do! | вот тебе, бабушка, и Юрьев день! |
| here's a fine how-d'ye-do or how-de-do! | вот тебе, бабушка, и Юрьев день (said to show one's surprise, pain, disappointment when one's hopes, expectations have not come true. the code of laws of 1497 allowed Russian peasants to move from one landlord to another once a year during a week before and a week after st. yuri's day, i. e., the 26th of november, old style. the limited freedom was banned in 1580 -1590, and st. yuri's day entered the folklore as a symbol of disappointment) |
| here's a nice how-d'ye-do or how-de-do! | вот тебе, бабушка, и Юрьев день (said to show one's surprise, pain, disappointment when one's hopes, expectations have not come true. the code of laws of 1497 allowed Russian peasants to move from one landlord to another once a year during a week before and a week after st. yuri's day, i. e., the 26th of november, old style. the limited freedom was banned in 1580 -1590, and st. yuri's day entered the folklore as a symbol of disappointment) |
| here's a pretty how-d'ye-do or how-de-do! | вот тебе, бабушка, и Юрьев день (said to show one's surprise, pain, disappointment when one's hopes, expectations have not come true. the code of laws of 1497 allowed Russian peasants to move from one landlord to another once a year during a week before and a week after st. yuri's day, i. e., the 26th of november, old style. the limited freedom was banned in 1580 -1590, and st. yuri's day entered the folklore as a symbol of disappointment) |
| I'd like to serve, but not to be a servant | служить бы рад, прислуживаться тошно (Грибоедов. Горе от ума Olga Okuneva) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы да кабы, да во рту росли грибы (used to mean: you indulge in wishful thinking, it can't be so) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы да кабы, да во рту росли бобы (used to mean: you indulge in wishful thinking, it can't be so) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы да кабы, да во рту росли грибы, то был бы не рот, а целый огород (used to mean: you indulge in wishful thinking, it can't be so) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы не мороз, то овёс бы до неба дорос |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | кабы бабушка не бабушка, так была б она дедушкой (дословно: Если бы моя тётка была мужчиной, она была бы моим дядей) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | кабы бабушка была не бабушкой, так была б она дедушкой |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | кабы сивому коню чёрную гриву, был бы буланый |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы да кабы, да во рту росли бобы, то был бы не рот, а целый огород (used to mean: you indulge in wishful thinking, it can't be so) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы, да кабы во рту росли бобы, был бы не рот, а целый огород (дословно: Если бы моя тётка была мужчиной, она была бы моим дядей) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы моя тётка была мужчиной, она была бы моим дядей |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы да кабы, да во рту росли бобы – был бы не рот, а целый огород |
| that's a fine how-d'ye-do or how-de-do! | вот тебе, бабушка, и Юрьев день (said to show one's surprise, pain, disappointment when one's hopes, expectations have not come true. the code of laws of 1497 allowed Russian peasants to move from one landlord to another once a year during a week before and a week after st. yuri's day, i. e., the 26th of november, old style. the limited freedom was banned in 1580 -1590, and st. yuri's day entered the folklore as a symbol of disappointment) |
| that's a nice how-d'ye-do or how-de-do! | вот тебе, бабушка, и Юрьев день (said to show one's surprise, pain, disappointment when one's hopes, expectations have not come true. the code of laws of 1497 allowed Russian peasants to move from one landlord to another once a year during a week before and a week after st. yuri's day, i. e., the 26th of november, old style. the limited freedom was banned in 1580 -1590, and st. yuri's day entered the folklore as a symbol of disappointment) |
| that's a pretty how-d'ye-do or how-de-do! | вот тебе, бабушка, и Юрьев день (said to show one's surprise, pain, disappointment when one's hopes, expectations have not come true. the code of laws of 1497 allowed Russian peasants to move from one landlord to another once a year during a week before and a week after st. yuri's day, i. e., the 26th of november, old style. the limited freedom was banned in 1580 -1590, and st. yuri's day entered the folklore as a symbol of disappointment) |
