| Subject | English | Russian |
| Makarov. | be on the brink of ruin | быть на грани разорения |
| gen. | be on the brink of ruin | быть на грани разорения |
| fig.of.sp. | be the ruin of | погубить (someone – кого-либо) to make someone lose all their money, their good health, the good opinion that other people have of them etc • Drinking was the ruin of him КГА) |
| Makarov. | he will be the ruin of us | он нас погубит |