| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | be/ work in isolation from the rest of the world | вариться в собственном соку (или другое существительное: Euler's life also illustrates that mathematicians, who had generally worked in isolation from the rest of the world, were now increasingly regarded as men who could usefully solve real-world problems m_rakova) |
| Makarov. | make a rest from work | сделать передышку |
| Gruzovik, inf. | rest from work | шабашка |