| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | break it to | доводить (плохую новость • Look, I hate to break it to you, but Molly doesn't want anything to do with you anymore. vogeler) |
| gen. | break it to | сообщать (плохую новость • Look, I hate to break it to you, but Molly doesn't want anything to do with you anymore. vogeler) |
| gen. | break it to | сообщить новость (someone • If you want to break it to your mom and dad that you want to marry a penniless student, you should at least do it in a subtle, tactful way. – сообщить новость • сообщить о том, что ... ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | break it to somebody | сообщать (плохую новость • Look, I hate to break it to you, but Molly doesn't want anything to do with you anymore. vogeler) |
| gen. | break it to somebody | доводить (плохую новость • Look, I hate to break it to you, but Molly doesn't want anything to do with you anymore. vogeler) |
| gen. | I hate to break it to you | не хотелось бы тебя расстраивать (,но... Bartek2001) |
| inf. | I hate to break it to you but | не хочу тебя расстраивать, но (Technical) |