| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while | судьба даёт шанс каждому (YGA) |
| gen. | every once in a while | временами (LyuFi) |
| gen. | every once in a while | иногда (LyuFi) |
| Игорь Миг | every once in a while | иной раз |
| Игорь Миг | every once in a while | подчас |
| gen. | every once in a while | от случая к случаю (YuliaG) |
| gen. | every once in a while | время от времени |
| Игорь Миг | every once in a while | периодически |
| inf. | every once in a while | урывками (Andrey Truhachev) |
| amer. | every once in a while | не так часто (Val_Ships) |
| amer. | every once in a while | эпизодически нет-нет да и (Val_Ships) |
| amer. | every once in a while | нет-нет да и (Val_Ships) |
| amer. | every once in a while | эпизодически (Val_Ships) |
| Gruzovik, idiom. | every once in a while | то и дело |
| amer. | every once in a while | изредка (Val_Ships) |
| Игорь Миг | every once in a while | порой |
| obs. | every once in a while she came to the window | она то и дело подходила к окну |
| gen. | for once in a while | в кои-то веки |
| cliche. | haven't seen in a while | давненько не видели (We haven't seen temperatures like that in a while. ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | he does write a letter once in a while | он нет-нет да и напишет письмо |
| gen. | he looks in on us once in a while | он изредка к нам заходит |
| gen. | in a while | скоро, вот-вот (Pankova Anastasia) |
| amer. | in a while | спустя некоторое время (It seems noisy at first, but after a while you get used to it. Val_Ships) |
| gen. | in a while | вскоре (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | in a while | один раз (zeev) |
| gen. | in a while | через некоторое время (Go ahead, I'll be along in a while. D. Zolottsev) |
| inf. | in a while | на днях (в будущем MichaelBurov) |
| media. | once in a while | изредка (way) |
| amer. | once in a while | порой (Val_Ships) |
| amer. | once in a while | не так часто (Val_Ships) |
| gen. | once in a while | нечасто (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | once in a while | периодически (Victor Parno) |
| gen. | once in a while | временами (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | once in a while | раз на указ (очень редко noh) |
| gen. | once in a while | время от времени (occasionally) |
| gen. | once in a while | иногда |
| gen. | once in a while | лишь изредка |
| inf. | once in a while | урывками (Andrey Truhachev) |
| amer. | once in a while | нечасто (Once in a while I enjoy going fishing. Val_Ships) |
| Gruzovik, inf. | once in a while | нет-нет да и |
| media. | once in a while | редко (way) |
| gen. | once in a while | редко |
| gen. | once in a while | изредка |
| gen. | once in a while | от случая к случаю (After that I wold only get to see her once in a while. После этого я видел её только от случая к случаю. Rust71) |
| gen. | once in a while | нерегулярно (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | once in a while | в кои-то веки |
| progr. | once in a while, we may need to refer to the current instance explicitly | иногда возникает необходимость явного обращения к текущему экземпляру (Object-Oriented Software Construction (second edition) by Bertrand Meyer) |
| humor. | see you in a while, crocodile | бывай! (Anglophile) |
| humor. | see you in a while, crocodile | до скорого! (Anglophile) |
| humor. | see you in a while, crocodile | пока! (Anglophile) |
| humor. | see you in a while, crocodile | чао, бамбино! (Anglophile) |
| lit. | Sure, every once in a while, somebody shows up with a winner. Accidents still happen... I'm talking about careers, boy, careers. No accidents. Chaplin, Ford, Stevens, Wyler, Capra, Hawkes, Wilder, yourself, if you want to include yourself. | Да, конечно, время от времени кто-то добивается успеха. Бывает... Я не об этом говорю, дружище, а о настоящем профессионализме. Чаплин, Форд, Стивенс, Уайлер, Капра, Хоукс, Уайлдер, ты, если угодно. (I. Shaw, Пер. К. Чугунова) |
| idiom. | think outside of the box every once in a while | периодически мыслить нестандартно (Boston Globe Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | you haven't been in in a while, have you? | вы, наверное, давно уже здесь не были? (Me: there's a chip in my plate! Standards are way down! Server: you haven't been in in a while, have you?  x.com ART Vancouver) |