| Russian | English |
| не последовать примеру | fail to follow suit |
| последовать чьему-либо примеру | get in on the act (особ. с целью заработать: After the award of large damages to a cancer sufferer, cigarette companies are afraid of other smokers getting in on the act. • Angry shareholders have also got in on the act – the company is facing potential class-action law suits in America and strong pressure to change its unique corporate-governance structure. adivinanza) |
| последовать чьему-либо примеру | follow in someone's footsteps (The boy is following in his father’s footsteps and has decided to work for a bank – Мальчик следует по стопам своего отца, он решил работать в банке Taras) |
| последовать чьему-либо примеру | follow suit (в русском требуется уточнение, чьему имнно примеру: Adam ordered a draft and Ian was about to follow suit when Jude's phone rang. • Since the enactment of the AODA (Ontarians with Disabilities Act), a number of other provinces in Canada, such as Manitoba and Nova Scotia have followed suit and introduced similar legislation.) |
| последовать чьему-то примеру | steal a page from someone's book (Tumatutuma) |
