| Subject | English | Russian |
| proverb | a witless head makes a weary pair of heels | дурная голова ногам покоя не даёт ('More) |
| proverb | a witless head makes weary feet | дурная голова ногам покоя не даёт ('More) |
| vulg. | be scared witless | очко играет (Сердце поёт, очко играет. My heart may be singing, but I'm scared shitless.; страшно to be very frightened of something; or out of one's mind) |
| gen. | bored witless | жутко скучающий (suburbian) |
| gen. | bored witless | помирающий со скуки (suburbian) |
| idiom. | scare witless | вогнать в дрожь (The saga of Caddy Cadborosaurus: The giant sea serpent either scared the masses witless or made them chuckle, providing endless fodder for B.C. newspapers. (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | scare witless | вселять ужас (The saga of Caddy Cadborosaurus: The giant sea serpent either scared the masses witless or made them chuckle, providing endless fodder for B.C. newspapers. (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | scare witless | перепугать до смерти (The saga of Caddy Cadborosaurus: The giant sea serpent either scared the masses witless or made them chuckle, providing endless fodder for B.C. newspapers. (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | scare witless | напугать до смерти (The saga of Caddy Cadborosaurus: The giant sea serpent either scared the masses witless or made them chuckle, providing endless fodder for B.C. newspapers. (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | scared witless | перепуганный до потери сознания ("At first I thought it was someone messing about, but then he glided away and walked straight through a solid wall at a dead end." Garry had to be carried away from the pit on a stretcher in a hysterical state, and later declared himself 'scared witless' by the encounter. (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") ART Vancouver) |
| inf. | scared witless | жутко напуганный (informal) to be extremely frightened Bullfinch) |
| gen. | witless of the crime | ничего не знающий об этом преступлении |
| gen. | witless of the storm his words excite | не понимающий, какую бурю вызывают его слова |
| gen. | witless with anxiety | сходящий с ума от беспокойства |