| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | if it's not one thing it's another | то одно, то другое |
| gen. | if it's not one thing it's another | час от часу не легче (Рина Грант) |
| amer. | if it's not one thing, it's another | семь пятниц на неделе (Maggie) |
| amer. | if it's not one thing, it's another | не понос, так золотуха (Maggie) |
| inf. | if it's not one thing it's another | не одно, так другое (used when bad things keep happening to you • I've lost my commuter pass, scratched my knee when my bike fell over, and failed an important test, all in a day. If it's not one thing it's another. 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | if it's not one thing it's another | не то, так другое |
| saying. | if it's not one thing, then it's another | куда ни кинь-всюду клин (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | it is just one thing on top of another | всё одно к одному |
| cliche. | it is one thing + infinitive, but it is quite another thing + infinitive | одно дело, и совсем другое (At a meeting to decide on the request, council member Billy Webb offered a rather interesting reason for why he took issue with such a ghost hunt, musing that "it is one thing to have a paranormal investigation in a public building, but it is quite another thing to have them in buildings that have previously been a private home."  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| fig.of.sp. | it is one thing on top of another | одно к одному (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| inf. | it's just one thing after another | час от часу не легче |
| gen. | it's just one thing after another | то одно, то другое |
| gen. | it's just one thing after another | не то, так другое |
| gen. | it's just one thing after another, if it's not one thing it's another | этому конца не видно |
| idiom. | it's one thing... and/but it's totally/quite another | одно дело ... и совсем другое дело ... (It's one thing when she walks in and I'm playing video games. It's another when she walks in and I'm playing a 12 year old game. Баян) |
| gen. | it's one thing on top of another | всё время то одно, то другое |
| proverb | it's one thing to flourish and another to fight | одно – храбрость на словах, другое – на деле |
| proverb | it's one thing to flourish and another to fight | храбр после рати, как залез на полати |
| proverb | it's one thing to flourish and another to fight | не хвались, идучи на рать, а хвались, идучи с рати (igisheva) |
| proverb | it's one thing to flourish and another to fight | не храбрись на медведя, а храбрись при медведе |
| proverb | it's one thing to flourish and another to fight | размахивать саблей и сражаться – две разные вещи |
| proverb | it's one thing to flourish and another to fight | на словах – орёл, на деле – мокрая курица |
| proverb | it's one thing to flourish and another to fight | храбр после рати, как залез на полати (дословно: Размахивать (саблей) и сражаться-две разные вещи) |
| proverb | it's one thing to flourish and another to fight | не храбрись на медведя, а храбрись при медведе (дословно: Размахивать (саблей) и сражаться-две разные вещи) |
| gen. | it's one thing to flourish and another to fight | одно дело – храбрость на словах, другое – на деле |