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| English | Russian |
| make fit the Procrustean bed | втиснуть в узкие рамки (Bobrovska) |
| make fit the Procrustean bed | уложить в прокрустово ложе (Bobrovska) |
| place on the Procrustean bed | втиснуть в узкие рамки (Bobrovska) |
| place on the Procrustean bed | уложить в прокрустово ложе (Bobrovska) |
| Procrustes' bed | Прокрустово ложе (according to a Greek legend, Procrustes was a robber who claimed that he had a bed which fitted anyone; to make good his boast he stretched or cut his victim's legs Olga Okuneva) |
| stretch on the Procrustean bed | втиснуть в узкие рамки (Bobrovska) |
| stretch on the Procrustean bed | уложить в прокрустово ложе (Bobrovska) |