| Subject | English | Russian |
| fig.of.sp. | bear a passing resemblance to | отдалённо напоминать (Bearing a passing resemblance to Star Trek transport systems that ghost passengers across time and space in the blink of an eye, teleportation takes the quantum possibilities of an object in one location and, by carefully destroying it, forces the same balance of possibilities onto a similar object in another location. (sciencealert.com) ART Vancouver) |
| slang | bear only a passing resemblance | отдалённо напоминать (to Damirules) |
| gen. | passing resemblance | поверхностное сходство (Баян) |