| English | Russian |
| a thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich | деньги не пахнут (дословно: Когда воровство сделало вора богатым, то он сходит за джентльмена) |
| have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain | на охоту ехать-собак кормить (usually said to a person who remembers at the last minute that something has not been done and starts doing it) |
| let him take a spring tune on his own fiddle, and dance to it when he has done | вольному воля – спасённому рай |
| let him take a spring tune on his own fiddle, and dance to it when he has done | вольному воля |
| thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich | когда воровство сделало вора богатым, то он сходит за джентльмена |
| thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich | деньги не пахнут |
| when he has woes everyone knows | что у кого болит, тот о том и говорит |
| when he has woes everyone knows | у кого что болит, тот о том и говорит |