| Russian | English |
| видать птицу по полёту | it's easy to know a hawk from a handsaw |
| видать птицу по полёту | one can tell a the bird by its flight |
| видать птицу по полёту | one can tell a the bird by the way it flies |
| видать птицу по полёту | the ass is known by its ears |
| видать птицу по полёту | a bird may be known by its song (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| видать сову по полёту | it's easy to know a hawk from a handsaw |
| видать сову по полёту | one can tell a the bird by its flight |
| видать сову по полёту | one can tell a the bird by the way it flies |
| видать сову по полёту | a bird may be known by its song (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| видать сокола по полёту | it's easy to know a hawk from a handsaw |
| видать сокола по полёту | one can tell a the bird by its flight |
| видать сокола по полёту | one can tell a the bird by the way it flies |
| видать сокола по полёту | a bird may be known by its song (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| видна птица по полёту | it's easy to know a hawk from a handsaw |
| видна птица по полёту | one can tell a the bird by the way it flies |
| видна птица по полёту | bird may be known by its song |
| видна птица по полёту | the work shows the workman |
| видна птица по полёту | such carpenter, such chips |
| видна птица по полёту | a bird may be known by its song (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| видно птицу по полёту | a bird may be known by its song (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| видно птицу по полёту | it's easy to know a hawk from a handsaw |
| видно птицу по полёту | one can tell a the bird by its flight |
| видно птицу по полёту | one can tell a the bird by the way it flies |
| видно сову по полёту | one can tell a the bird by its flight |
| видно сову по полёту | a bird may be known by its song (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| видно сову по полёту | it's easy to know a hawk from a handsaw |
| видно сову по полёту | one can tell a the bird by the way it flies |
| видно сокола по полёту | one can tell a the bird by its flight |
| видно сокола по полёту | it's easy to know a hawk from a handsaw |
| видно сокола по полёту | I know a hawk from a handsaw |
| видно сокола по полёту | a bird may be known by its song (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| видно сокола по полёту | one can tell a the bird by the way it flies |
| птицы одного полёта | there goes but a pair of shears between them |
| птицы одного полёта | cut from the same cloth |
| человек рождён для счастья, как птица для полёта | man is born for happiness, like a bird for flight (В. Короленко Olga Okuneva) |
