| English | Russian |
| can't take it with you | с собой не заберёшь (поскольку богатство с собой не возьмёшь, когда умрёшь – наслаждайся им, пока жив) |
| if we have to do our bit, let's do it with a bang | помирать, так с музыкой |
| if we have to do our bit, let's do it with a bang | погибать, так с музыкой |
| if wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance | если умный валяет дурака, то за ним ни один дурак не угонится |
| it goes in one ear and out the other with | в одно ухо влетает, а из другого вылетает (someone SergeyL) |
| it is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bai | глуп тот, кто дважды попадается на одну и ту же удочку |
| it is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bai | старая лиса дважды себя поймать не даст |
| it is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bai | глупа та рыба, которая на одну и ту же приманку попадается дважды |
| it is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bai | старая лиса дважды себя поймать не даёт (дословно: Глупа та рыба, которая на одну и ту же приманку попадается дважды) |
| it is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait | глуп тот, кто дважды попадается на ту же удочку |
| it is all up with him | его песенка спета |
| it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog with | Коли быть собаке битой, найдётся и палка (Andrey Truhachev) |
| it's all over and done with | было да травой поросло |
| it's all over and done with | что было, то прошло и быльём поросло |
| it's all over and done with | что было, то прошло |
| it's all over and done with | что с возу упало, то пропало (2) |
| it's all over and done with | что с воза упало, то и пропало |
| it's all over and done with | было да быльём поросло |
| it's all up with her | ей крышка |
| it's best to get unpleasant things over and done with. | лучше ужасный конец, чем ужас без конца (Andrey Truhachev) |
| it's like a skeleton at the feast о you started speaking with delight and finished with a sorry sight! | начал за здравие, а кончил за упокой (said about discrepancy between good beginning (e.g., good news, promising situation, words) and bad ending (e.g., later news, one's deeds)) |
| it's like a skeleton at the feast о you started speaking with delight and finished with a sorry sight! | начал за здравие, а свёл за упокой (said about discrepancy between good beginning (e.g., good news, promising situation, words) and bad ending (e.g., later news, one's deeds)) |
| it's no use bursting with envy | хороша Маша, да не наша |
| it's nothing to do with me | моя изба с краю |
| it's nothing to do with me | моя изба с краю, я ничего не знаю |
| it's nothing to do with me | до поры-у норы, а в пору-в нору (Супру) |
| let the morn come and the meat with it | Бог даст день, даст пищу (things will turn out all right somehow) |
| let the morn come and the meat with it | Бог даст день, Бог даст и пищу (things will turn out all right somehow) |
| let the morn come and the meat with it | будет день, будет пища (things will turn out all right somehow) |
| never take a stone to break an egg, when you can do it with the back of your knife | за мухой – не с обухом, за комаром – не с кнутом (igisheva) |
| never take a stone to break an egg, when you can do it with the back of your knife | за мухой не угоняешься с обухом (igisheva) |
| never take a stone to break an egg, when you can do it with the back of your knife | из пушки по воробьям не стреляют (igisheva) |
| never take a stone to break an egg, when you can do it with the back of your knife | за мухой не с обухом, за комаром не с топором (igisheva) |
| never take a stone to break an egg, when you can do it with the back of your knife | орлом комара не травят (igisheva) |
| never take a stone to break an egg, when you can do it with the back of your knife | за мухой не с обухом, за комаром не с кнутом (igisheva) |
| the morn will come and the meat with it | Бог даст день, Бог даст и пищу |
| the morn will come and the meat with it | Бог даст день, даст пищу |
| the morn will come and the meat with it | будет день, будет пища |
| the trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat | с котёнком вся проблема в том, что он становится котом |
| though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return | как волка ни корми, он всё в лес глядит |
| though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return | горбатого могила исправит |
| though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return | как волка ни корми, а он всё в лес глядит |
| though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return | как волка ни корми, а он всё в лес смотрит |
| Though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return. | сколько волка не корми, он всё равно в лес смотрит (VLZ_58) |
| though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return | как волка не корми, он всё в лес смотрит |
| though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return | чёрного кобеля не отмоешь добела |
| though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return | как волка ни корми, он всё в лес смотрит |
| two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it | две собаки дерутся из-за косточки, а третья с ней убегает |
| used to mean: you'll never overcome that obstacle, it's too big for you you can't knock down a wall with a pea-shooter | лбом стену не прошибешь |
| used to mean: you'll never overcome that obstacle, it's too big for you you can't knock down a wall with a pea-shooter | лбом стенку не прошибешь |
| used to mean: you'll never overcome that obstacle, it's too big for you you can't knock down a wall with a pea-shooter | лбом стены не прошибешь |
| we have nothing to do with it and it has nothing to do with us | моё дело сторона |
| we have nothing to do with it and it has nothing to do with us | наше дело сторона |
| when given a gift, accept it with grace – when beaten, be quick to move to your place | дают-бери, бьют-беги |
| when you swim with the sharks, it's easy to wind up as prey | если ты плаваешь с акулами, легко стать их жертвой (ART Vancouver) |
| with friends one is fine, but at home it's divine | в гостях хорошо, а дома лучше |
| you can't take it with you | с собой не заберёшь (поскольку богатство с собой не возьмёшь, когда умрёшь – наслаждайся им, пока жив) |
| you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to be on both sides of the fence | и нашим и вашим под одну дуду спляшем (used as a critical remark to mean: vou (they, etc) act as an opportunist and a person without principles who is ready to please anyone, to work for both sides) |
| you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to be on both sides of the fence or to serve two masters, doesn't it? | и нашим и вашим (used as a critical remark to mean: vou (they, etc) act as an opportunist and a person without principles who is ready to please anyone, to work for both sides) |
| you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to serve two masters, doesn't it? | и нашим и вашим под одну дуду спляшем (contrast:. one cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. No man can serve two masters) |