| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | get a handle on | быть в состоянии справиться (с чем-л.) |
| gen. | get a handle on | разобраться (I can't quite get a handle on the way this machine works. rechnik) |
| gen. | get a handle on | взять в толк (I can't quite get a handle on the way this machine works.) |
| Makarov. | get a handle on something | овладеть (чем-либо) |
| inf. | get a handle on | найти управу на (Agasphere) |
| Makarov., amer. | get a handle on something | начать контролировать (что-либо) |
| idiom. | get a handle on | справиться с (That’s why, Condon says, new towers keep rising but their units cost pretty much the same as surrounding housing rather than pressuring price drops. If we don’t get a handle on land price super-inflation, he argues, we can’t deliver affordability. (thetyee.ca) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | get a handle on | одолеть (But don't worry – these rapid changes are nothing that you can't get a handle on before the end of the day. VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | get a handle on | освоить (Liv Bliss) |
| gen. | get a handle on | взять под контроль (VLZ_58) |
| slang | get a handle on | быть в состоянии справиться |
| Makarov. | get a handle on something | справиться |
| Makarov. | get a handle on something | понять (что-либо) |
| gen. | get a handle on | понять (You might need the whole day to get a handle on the true pros and cons of your dilemma. • I can't really get a handle on the situation here. What's happening? VLZ_58) |
| rhetor. | get a handle on all of the chaos | взять хаос под полный контроль (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| rhetor. | get a handle on all of the chaos | полностью обуздать хаос (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| slang | get a handle on somebody | догонять (понимать кого-то или что-то vogeler) |
| slang | get a handle on somebody | врубаться (vogeler) |
| gen. | get a handle on somebody | понимать (I can't get a handle on these sales figures vogeler) |
| amer. | get a handle on something | справиться (напр., со своими страхами Nuto4ka) |
| amer. | get a handle on something | начать контролировать что-либо, овладеть (Nuto4ka) |
| amer. | get a handle on something | понять что-либо (Nuto4ka) |
| textile | handle "on" | пусковая ручка в рабочем положении |
| gen. | have a handle on | понимать (It seemed like she had a good handle on the situation vogeler) |
| slang | have a handle on somebody | врубаться (vogeler) |
| slang | have a handle on somebody | догонять (понимать кого-то или что-то vogeler) |
| gen. | have a handle on somebody | понимать (I thought I had a pretty good handle on English idioms, but I don't understand this one at all! vogeler) |
| gen. | have a handle on something | контролировать (что-либо КГА) |
| gen. | have a handle on something | владеть ситуацией (it means that you understand it and in the case of a situation, you have control of it КГА) |
| inf. | have a pretty good handle on | неплохо разбираться в (You have a pretty good handle on the topic. You've read some of the books, you've watched the movies. What are your feelings about what's happening to all these hikers and hunters? – Ты неплохо разбираешься в этой теме ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | have/ get a handle on something | понять (e.g. "I thought I had a handle on it, but guess I lost it." visitor) |
| Makarov. | he flew off the handle on | он как с цепи сорвался |
| gen. | he flew off the handle on | как с цепи сорвался |
| gen. | he has a handle on things | у него всё под контролем (VLZ_58) |