| Subject | English | Russian |
| inf. | pull a boner | совершать ошибку |
| inf. | pull a boner | сесть в лужу |
| inf. | pull a boner | дать промах |
| inf. | pull a boner | сморозить глупость (dated Anglophile) |
| inf. | pull a boner | сесть в лужу (dated) |
| inf. | pull a boner | дать промах (dated) |
| proverb | pull a boner | сесть в калошу |
| inf. | pull a boner | лохануться (to make a foolish, silly error or blunder; to do something stupid, | This phrase has become much less common in recent years due to the slang term "boner," meaning an erect penis • I pulled a boner and opened a misleading e-mail. 4uzhoj) |
| inf. | pull a boner | дать маху (dated) |
| inf. | pull a boner | попасть впросак (dated) |
| inf. | pull a boner | совершить ошибку (dated • We we all pull boners now and then. • I pulled an awful boner when I mentioned his ex-wife.) |
| inf. | pull a boner | попасть впросак |
| inf. | pull a boner | дать маху |
| inf. | pull a boner | попадать впросак |
| slang | pull boner | допускать просчёт |