| Subject | English | Russian |
| cliche. | if sth. is anything to go by | если судить по (An early and dramatic UFO landing took place in October 1952 in France, a country seemingly much favoured by UFOs in the 1950s, if the quantity of sighting reports is anything to go by. (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") -- если судить по количеству • It’s possible that federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre joined the NDP in being quietly disappointed by the bid’s failure, at least if his silence on the provincial campaign is anything to go by. (nationalpost.com) -- если судить по его молчанию ART Vancouver) |
| rhetor. | if is anything to go by | насколько можно судить по (CNN, 2019 Alex_Odeychuk) |
| cliche. | if past experience is anything to go by | как показывает практика (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | if past experience is anything to go by | практика показывает (Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | if something is anything to go by | судя по (If his past plays are anything to go by, this should be a play worth watching. • If the statistics are anything to go by, 40 per cent of married women cheat – судя по статистическим данным, 40 % замужних женщин изменяют супругам Баян) |
| gen. | if something is anything to go by | если верить (If Google is anything to go by, it seems that... 4uzhoj) |
| Makarov. | if this is anything to go by | насколько можно по этому судить |