| English | Russian |
| don't promise something you can't guarantee | не заговаривайся (досл. "не обещай чего-то, что не можешь гарантировать" • "Я никогда не женюсь". – "Не заговаривайся". Shabe) |
| if they call you from London for something trivial | если тебе позвонят из Лондона по какому-нибудь пустяку (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| something along the lines of | по-моему (4uzhoj) |
| something that works across the board | универсальное решение (Traditional marketing has mainly been about generalizing data and creating something that works across the board. 4uzhoj) |
| something unique | уникальность (Handmade is an adjective in English, but in Russian it's a handmade item: Популярность хендмейда – это стремление к уникальности – The popularity of handmade objects is the longing for something unique(Michele Berdy)) |
| where something is coming from | источник ("NATO member countries decide who is a member of NATO, not Russia," Psaki told reporters during a White House briefing Friday. "That is how the process has always worked and how it will proceed. I think it's important to remember where the provocative action is coming from. It's not the United States. It's not Ukraine." 4uzhoj) |