| English | Russian |
| and to top it off | и вдобавок ко всему прочему (Dunbar was full of houses maybe not quite as small as the one you describe, but not much bigger. People raised families there, usually with more kids than people tend to have now. They've been torn down, huge places built...I've gone through the open houses and been appalled to find more bathrooms than bedrooms, (can no one share anything anymore?), plus all the rooms you describe and sometimes another media room or exercise room. And to top it off, they're often empty most of the year. Or being used for Air B&B. Even the lots are paved. Just helping climate change along!  vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
| first off | прежде всего (перечисляя основные моменты: First off, I owe you a heck of an apology. • First off, congratulations on the new addition to your family! • This is our 5th time looking for a tenant in the past ~10 years. This time has been wildly unlike the others. First off, the response has been overwhelming. Well north of 100 replies in less than 24 hours. (Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| I must be off | мне пора (Now I must be off. -- Ну, мне пора. ART Vancouver) |
| I must be off | мне пора идти (Now I must be off. -- Ну, мне пора идти. ART Vancouver) |
| I must be off | мне пора уходить (Now I must be off. -- Ну, мне пора уходить. ART Vancouver) |
| I'm rubber and you're glue! Bad names bounce off me and stick to you! | кто как обзывается, тот так и называется! (букв.: Whatever name you call someone is what you yourself are called. What's in a Name? // MN, 19 June 2009 by Michele A. Berdy Leonid Dzhepko) |
| it's a long way off | до этого ещё далеко (ART Vancouver) |
| Knock the cover off the ball | гораздо лучше, чем ожидалось (In business, doing much better than expected. Interex) |
| set off on a journey | отправиться в путешествие (Realizing their lives were in a rut, in 2014 they decided to do something wild, putting away all of their possessions into storage, postponing their planned wedding, and setting off on a journey to tour Europe in their camper van. mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| take a hands-off approach | не вмешиваться (The company takes a hands-off approach when it comes to the hours an employee works. ART Vancouver) |
| that's a long ways off | до этого ещё далеко (The long-range forecast does include some rain but that's a long ways off. ART Vancouver) |
