| English | Russian |
| both the wolves have eaten much and the sheep have not been touched! | и волки сыты, и овцы целы |
| 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 |
| language has been given to man to conceal his thoughts | язык дан человеку для того, чтобы скрывать свои мысли (attributed to Talleyran Olga Okuneva) |
| no one is perfect, that's why pencils have erasers | совершенных нет (Баян) |
| no one is perfect, that's why pencils have erasers | совершенных не бывает (Баян) |
| no one is perfect, that's why pencils have erasers | никто не совершенен (Баян) |
| nothing so bad but might have been worse | это горюшко – не горе, горе будет впереди |
| the ice has been broken | лёд растаял |
| the man who has not been flogged is not educated | за одного битого двух небитых дают |
| the man who has not been flogged is not educated | за битого двух небитых дают |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | промеж слепых кривой первый водырь (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | промеж слепых кривой первый царь (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | промеж слепых кривой – первый водырь (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | промеж слепых кривой – первый царь (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | промеж слепых кривой – первый вождь (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | в слепом царстве кривой – король (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | промеж слепых кривой первый вождь (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | с худой собаки хоть шерсти клок (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | за неимением гербовой пишут на простой (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | за неимением гербовой пишут и на простой (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | на безлюдье и Фома дворянин (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | на безмирье и Фома дворянин (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | на бесптичье и ворона соловей (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | с лихой собаки хоть шерсти клок (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | с паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | с паршивой собаки хоть шерсти клок (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | промеж слепых и кривой в чести (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | на безлюдье и сидни в чести (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | в слепом царстве кривой король (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | в темноте и гнилушка светит (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | ешь щи с мясом, а нет, так и хлеб с квасом (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | в поле и жук мясо (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | на безрыбье и рак рыба |
| think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife, he would have written sonnets all his life? | представь: Лаура в жёнах у поэта |
| think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife, he would have written sonnets all his life? | Петрарка перестал бы сочинять сонеты! |
