| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | be filled in the ruts must be filled in so that traffic can pass | рытвины надо засыпать, чтобы здесь мог проходить транспорт |
| 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) |
| amer. | be in a rut | погрязнуть в рутине (You said we were in a rut... Taras) |
| idiom. | be in a rut | делать одно и то же каждый день (blue-jaz) |
| gen. | be in rut | быть в половой охоте |
| 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) |
| gen. | the ruts must be filled in | колеи надо засыпать |