| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | not-so-subtle hint | прозрачный намёк (прозрачно намекая на то, что = a not-so-subtle hint that. Jaylen glanced down at his communicator, a not-so-subtle hint that time was short. | He knew her remark had been a not-so-subtle hint that he should start his selfexamination of what he really loved. Alexander Demidov) |
| inf. | send a subtle hint | тонко намекнуть (I tried to send him subtle hints about not arriving late to work, but it didn't seem to work so finally I had to spell it out to him. 4uzhoj) |
| inf. | send someone subtle hints | делать тонкие намёки (I tried to send him subtle hints about not arriving late to work, but it didn't seem to work so finally I had to spell it out to him. 4uzhoj) |
| inf. | send someone subtle hints | тонко намекать (I tried to send him subtle hints about not arriving late to work, but it didn't seem to work so finally I had to spell it out to him. 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | subtle hint | тонкий намёк (I tried to send him subtle hints about not arriving late to work, but it didn't seem to work so finally I had to spell it out to him.) |