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| Russian | English |
| выбирай выражения! | watch your language! (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| выбирай жену по голосу | choose a wife by your ear |
| выбирать выражения | mind one's Ps and Qs (Andrey Truhachev) |
| выбирать выражения | mince words (Sue told you your new product idea was "the stupidest idea she's ever heard?" Clearly she's not one to mince words! jouris-t) |
| выбирать золотую середину | steer a middle course (Andrey Truhachev) |
| выбирать из того, что есть | take pot luck (During peak times you may need to make a booking to get into your chosen restaurant, although some places don't take reservations so you'll have to take pot luck. 4uzhoj) |
| выбирать лёгкий путь | take the low road (It's unfair that those who work the hardest will be undermined by those who choose to take the low road to success - Несправедливо, что те, кто больше всего работает, будут повержены теми, кто выберет лёгкую дорогу к успеху Taras) |
| выбирать наугад | take pot luck (We didn't know the dishes and had to take pot luck. • I've never heard of any of these restaurants. We'll have to take pot luck.) |
| выбирать наудачу | take pot luck (to select blindly from the available options in the hopes of achieving a fortunate or beneficial end result) |
| выбирать очевидную и доступную выгоду | pick the low-hanging fruits (sheetikoff) |
| не приходится выбирать | have to take pot luck (She was from a good family fallen upon hard times, and she'd had to take pot luck in the way of a husband. 4uzhoj) |