| Subject | English | Russian |
| Makarov. | find a common language | найти общий язык |
| gen. | find a common language with | найти общий язык (someone) |
| proverb | find a common language with | находить общий язык с кем (someone) |
| proverb | I can't find a common language with you | я ему про Фому, а он про Ерёму (used (often: ironically or angrily) to point to someone's strange behavior which is an attempt not to speak on a certain (raised) topic and speak about something quite different instead) |
| proverb | I can't find a common language with you | ты ему про Фому, а он про Ерёму (used (often: ironically or angrily) to point to someone's strange behavior which is an attempt not to speak on a certain (raised) topic and speak about something quite different instead) |
| proverb | I can't find a common language with you | ей про Фому, а она про Ерёму (used (often: ironically or angrily) to point to someone's strange behavior which is an attempt not to speak on a certain (raised) topic and speak about something quite different instead) |
| gen. | we can't seem to find a common language | как-то не идёт у нас диалог (Technical) |