| Subject | English | Russian |
| proverb | first impressions are most lasting | первое впечатление самое сильное |
| proverb | first impressions are most lasting | встречают по одёжке, провожают по уму (you judge a person first by his looks and then, as you get to know him, by his inner qualities. used sometimes as advice to mean: one should better be dressed well for paying a visit to a place for the first time to make a good first impression) |
| proverb | first impressions are most lasting | по платью встречают, по уму провожают (you judge a person first by his looks and then, as you get to know him, by his inner qualities. used sometimes as advice to mean: one should better be dressed well for paying a visit to a place for the first time to make a good first impression) |
| gen. | lasting impression | неизгладимое впечатление (Верещагин) |
| Makarov. | leave a lasting impression | оставлять неизгладимое впечатление |
| Makarov. | leave a lasting impression | производить неизгладимое впечатление |
| gen. | leave a lasting impression | произвести неизгладимое впечатление (Anglophile) |