| English | Russian |
| choice of the end covers choice of the means | цель оправдывает средства |
| Free speech doesn't mean careless talk! | болтун – находка для шпиона (pfedorov) |
| he that promises too much means nothing | кто слишком много обещает, на самом деле ничего не обещает |
| he that promises too much means nothing | не верь тому, кто легко обещает |
| he that promises too much means nothing | не верь тому, кто лёгок на обещания (дословно: Кто слишком много обещает, на самом деле ничего не обещает) |
| he who wills the end wills the means | цель оправдывает средства |
| he who wishes the end must wish the means | любишь кататься, люби и саночки возить (Anglophile) |
| hunger is rather a mean stepmother | голод не тётка |
| live within one's means | по одёжке протягивай ножки |
| lovers' quarrels mean the renewal of love паи lovers under the sun quarrel just for fun | милые бранятся – только тешатся |
| perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what one would be capable of doing before the whole world | истинная доблесть – делать незаметно то, что способен делать прилюдно |
| perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what one would be capable of doing before the whole world | смелый человек не пасует перед авторитетами |
| perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what one would be capable of doing before the whole world | истинное мужество – доказать что-либо себе, а не всему миру |
| perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what one would be capable of doing before the whole world | настоящее мужество – это способность продемонстрировать его перед собой, а не перед всем миром |
| silence means consent | молчание – знак согласия |
| the ends justified the means | для достиженья цели все средства хороши (Rust71) |
| the golden mean | золотая середина (only sing.) |
| used as praise words or as jocular self- advertising to mean: good hands always make good things such carpenters, such chips | дело мастера боится |
| used to mean: it is none of our my business and no concern of ours mine he cares not whose child cry, so his laugh | моё дело сторона |
| used to mean: it is none of our my business and no concern of ours mine he cares not whose child cry, so his laugh | наше дело сторона |
| used to mean: you'll never overcome that obstacle, it's too big for you you can't knock down a wall with a pea-shooter | лбом стенку не прошибешь |
| used to mean: you'll never overcome that obstacle, it's too big for you you can't knock down a wall with a pea-shooter | лбом стену не прошибешь |
| used to mean: you'll never overcome that obstacle, it's too big for you you can't knock down a wall with a pea-shooter | лбом стены не прошибешь |
| you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to be on both sides of the fence | и нашим и вашим под одну дуду спляшем (used as a critical remark to mean: vou (they, etc) act as an opportunist and a person without principles who is ready to please anyone, to work for both sides) |
| you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to be on both sides of the fence or to serve two masters, doesn't it? | и нашим и вашим (used as a critical remark to mean: vou (they, etc) act as an opportunist and a person without principles who is ready to please anyone, to work for both sides) |
| you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to serve two masters, doesn't it? | и нашим и вашим под одну дуду спляшем (contrast:. one cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. No man can serve two masters) |
