| English | Russian |
| speak talk of the devil and he will appear | заговори о чёрте и он появится (а он тут как тут) |
| speak talk of the devil and he will appear | про волка речь, а он навстречь |
| speak talk of the devil and he will appear | лёгок на помине |
| speak talk of the devil and he will appear is sure to appear | заговори о чёрте и он появится (а он тут как тут) |
| speak talk of the devil and he will appear is sure to appear | про волка речь, а он навстречь |
| speak talk of the devil and he will appear is sure to appear | лёгок на помине |
| talk of the devil and he is sure to appear | лёгок на помине |
| talk of the devil and he is sure to appear | легка на помине |
| talk of the devil and he is sure to appear | про волка речь, а он навстречь |
| talk of the devil and he is sure to appear | на ловца и зверь бежит (used when a person meets quite unexpectedly another person whom the first one wanted to meet (find) so much) |
| talk of the devil and he is sure to appear | на ловца зверь бежит (used when a person meets quite unexpectedly another person whom the first one wanted to meet (find) so much) |
| talk of the devil and he is sure to appear | лёгок на помине, как чёрт на овине |
| talk of the devil and he will appear | легка на помине |
| talk of the devil and he will appear | на ловца зверь бежит (used when a person meets quite unexpectedly another person whom the first one wanted to meet (find) so much) |
| talk of the devil and he will appear | на ловца и зверь бежит (used when a person meets quite unexpectedly another person whom the first one wanted to meet (find) so much) |
| talk of the devil and he will appear | о сером речь, а серый навстречь (часто, из суеверия, о опасных явлениях, сущностях, животных и т.д. не говорили прямо, чтобы не навлечь на себя беду, а иносказательно (прим.лукавый – чёрт) в данном случае словом " серый" обозначен волк Rust71) |
| talk of the devil and he will appear | лёгок на помине |
| talk of the devil and he will come | про волка речь-и он навстречь (Супру) |
| talk of the devil and his horns will appear | про волка речь-и он навстречь (Супру) |
| the talk of the town | притча во языцех (to be what everyone is talking about • The new statue in the park is the talk of the town. CALD Alexander Demidov) |
