| Subject | English | Russian |
| proverb | let him take a spring tune on his own fiddle, and dance to it when he has done | вольному воля |
| proverb | let him take a spring tune on his own fiddle, and dance to it when he has done | вольному воля – спасённому рай |
| Makarov., proverb | let him take a spring tune on his own fiddle, and dance to it when he has done | вольному воля-спасённому рай |
| gen. | spring it on somebody | выдать (tell, present, or disclose something unexpected to one • ...and then she springs it on me she's leaving. fddhhdot) |