| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | be in a rut | зациклиться (At forty my life was in a rut, so I gave up work and travelled to India. It's clear the economy is still stuck in a rut. igorkiev) |
| gen. | be in a rut | находиться в застое (igorkiev) |
| idiom. | be in a rut | делать одно и то же каждый день (blue-jaz) |
| slang | be stuck in a rut | застрять в привычной колее (Vishera) |
| gen. | be stuck in a rut | зайти в тупик (But their set lists were stuck in a rut; only three of the 12 songs they played each night were from 1965, and there was a surprisingly high number of cover songs in the set (three) Lily Snape) |