| English | Russian |
| he is not so much angry as upset | он скорее огорчен, чем рассержен |
| he is not so much angry as upset | он скорее огорчён, чем рассержен |
| he is not so much tired, as hungry | он не столько устал, сколько голоден |
| is not so much as | не столько..., сколько (Bob_cat) |
| it was as much as I could do not to cry | я с трудом удерживал слёзы |
| it was as much as I could do not to cry | я с трудом удерживался, чтобы не расплакаться |
| it was not so much their loyalty as their perspicacity that was on display | они показали не столько свою верность, сколько умение ориентироваться в обстановке |
| not admit so much as a thought that | не допускать даже мысли о (Alexander Demidov) |
| not ... as much as | не столько..., сколько (I began to realize that Sputnik's mission wasn't really to report the news as much as it was to push a narrative that would either sow doubts about situations that weren't flattering to Russia or its allies. 4uzhoj) |
| not be much of a something | не такой уж и (It wasn’t really much of a storm.  ldoceonline.com Abysslooker) |
| not be much of a something | не ахти какой (I’m not much of a dancer, I’m afraid. ldoceonline.com Abysslooker) |
| not only and not so much as | не только и не столько, сколько (won attention in a Pravda report that claimed that "needed people can be retained not only and not so much by 'super-high' pay as by well-appointed housing ... Alexander Demidov) |
| not so much ... as | не столько..., сколько (The light from the shelves didn't so much illuminate as highlight the darkness. • The novel was not so much unfinished as unfinishable. • It wasn't so much his appearance I liked as his personality. Alexander Demidov) |
| not so much as | даже не |
| not so much ... as | не так ... как |
| not so much as hint | даже не заикнуться (at something – о чём-либо Anglophile) |
| not so much by as by | не столько из-за как из-за (pivoine) |
| not that he said so much as a ta | он даже спасибо не сказал |
| oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it | океаны не столько разъединяют мир, сколько объединяют его |