| English | Russian |
| a pretty face and a heart that's cold | с лица не воду пить воды не пить |
| a pretty face and a heart that's cold | не с лица воду пить |
| a pretty face and a heart that's cold | с лица не воду пить |
| (every family house, community has its own private/ problems and troubles every heart knows its own bitterness. it is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it a skeletons in every cupboard or closet.every house, ugly or nice, has its own problems and mice | под каждой крышей свой мыши ( NU[YK ) |
| he that loves glass without g, take away l and that's he | седина в бороду, а бес в ребро |
| he that loves glass without g, take away l and that's he | седина в бороду, бес в ребро |
| our duty is small -- to eat, to sleep and that's all | наше дело телячье – поел да в закут (used by or about a person who prefers to obey any orders because nothing depends on him: he is not a decision-maker to change anything) |
| our duty is small -- to eat, to sleep and that's all | наше дело телячье (used by or about a person who prefers to obey any orders because nothing depends on him: he is not a decision-maker to change anything) |
| there are four things that the earth itself cannot tolerate: a slave who becomes a king, a fool who has all he wants to eat, a hateful woman who gets married, and a servant girl who takes the place of her mistress | четырёх человек не может носить земля: раба, ставшего царём, сытого глупца, гулящую женщину, когда она выходит замуж, и служанку, когда она занимает место своей госпожи |
| 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 | в темноте и гнилушка светит (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 | на безлюдье и сидни в чести (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 | промеж слепых и кривой в чести (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 худой собаки хоть шерсти клок (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 | 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 водырь (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 | с лихой собаки хоть шерсти клок (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 | на безлюдье и Фома дворянин (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 | 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 слепом царстве кривой король (igisheva) |
| they that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat | на безрыбье и рак рыба |
