| English | Russian |
| as happy as a pumpkin in a sunny patch | крайне счастливый (ilua2014) |
| be in a bad patch | попасть в полосу невезения |
| he is hit bad patch in his life | сейчас ему приходится несладко |
| patch in | связать |
| patch in | подсоединить |
| patch in | подключить (связь) |
| please don't throw me in the briar patch | только не бросай меня в терновый куст (As rabbits are at home in thickets, the resourceful Br'er Rabbit escapes. Using the phrases "please don't throw me in the briar patch" and "tar ... If you say please don't throw me in the briar patch it means you are very comfortable in a situation someone else thinks will be difficult for you. Alexander Demidov) |
| sew in a patch | наложить заплату |
| sew in a patch | класть заплатку |
| sew in a patch | накладывать заплату |
| stop a hole in the tire with a patch | приклеить заплатку на прокол в шине |
| the book is good in patches | местами книга неплоха |
| unfrozen patch of water in the ice | полынья |
| work in a vegetable patch | выращивать овощи |
| work in a vegetable patch | возделывать грядки (овощные) |