| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | guard sheep | стеречь овец (cattle, horses, etc., и т.д.) |
| gen. | guard sheep | сторожить овец (cattle, horses, etc., и т.д.) |
| proverb | they have set the wolf to guard the sheep | пустили козла в огород (contrast: give never the wolf the sheep to keep. a fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. that cat is out of kind that sweet milk will not lap. Used to mean: they let him in there where he exactly wanted to be (in pursuit of profit for himself)) |
| proverb | you have set the wolf to guard the sheep | пустили козла в огород (contrast: give never the wolf the sheep to keep. a fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. that cat is out of kind that sweet milk will not lap. Used to mean: they let him in there where he exactly wanted to be (in pursuit of profit for himself)) |