| English | Russian |
| A cracked bell can never sound well | на леченой кобыле далеко не уедешь |
| A cracked bell can never sound well | Надсаженный конь, надломленный лук да замирённый друг равно ненадёжны (ROGER YOUNG) |
| A cracked bell can never sound well | Треснутый колокол уже никогда хорошо звенеть не будет (ROGER YOUNG) |
| after a job well done | после трудов праведных (VLZ_58) |
| after having worked well | после трудов праведных (VLZ_58) |
| alive and well | живёт и здравствует (goroshko) |
| alive and well | жить и здравствовать (goroshko) |
| all new is well forgotten old | новое – это хорошо забытое старое (trtrtr) |
| as you are well aware | как вы прекрасно знаете |
| be still alive and well | жить и здравствовать (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| be too well off for one's own good | с жиру беситься (VLZ_58) |
| be well along | далеко значительно продвинуться (tavost) |
| be well on the way | идти семимильными шагами (Ivan Pisarev) |
| bear the rough well | стойко переносить невзгоды (VLZ_58) |
| cast no dirt into the well that gives you water | не плюй в колодец |
| damn well | без базара (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| damn well | конечно, точно (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| damn well | без вопросов (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| do well | преуспеть (Shady) |
| do well against | соперничать (tavost) |
| drop a bucket into an empty well | зря затрачивать энергию (Bobrovska) |
| drop a bucket into an empty well | попусту стараться (Bobrovska) |
| drop a bucket into an empty well | заниматься пустым, бесполезным делом (Bobrovska) |
| eat well for a reasonable price | вкусно и недорого поесть (sankozh) |
| everything is going well | всё идёт как по маслу (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| everything is going well | всё идёт как по маслу (всё хорошо Alex_Odeychuk) |
| everything works out well | всё идёт по плану (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| everything works out well | всё идёт как по маслу (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| find the bottom of the well | узнать сокровенную тайну (CCK) |
| fit well into someone's household | прийтись ко двору (VLZ_58) |
| Follow instructions, play well with others | веди себя хорошо, будь хорошим / ей мальчиком / девочкой (Баян) |
| Follow instructions, play well with others | Веди себя хорошо и не балуйся (стандартное напутствие детям Баян) |
| Forgive me, please, I meant well | Извините, я хотел как лучше (upws) |
| go back to the well | возвращаться к истокам (VLZ_58) |
| God's wheels grind slowly but they grind exceedingly well | Бог долго терпит, но больно бьёт (вариант перевода Alexander Oshis) |
| God's wheels grind slowly but they grind exceedingly well | Бог долго терпит, да больно бьёт (вариант перевода Alexander Oshis) |
| have a natural ability to communicate well | иметь хорошо подвешенный язык (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| he dances well to whom fortune plays | кому счастье служит, тот ни о чём не тужит |
| is well underway | полным ходом идёт (ART Vancouver) |
| it doesn't sit well with | не очень нравится (So to use those words tonight doesn't sit well with me. VLZ_58) |
| Let well enough alone. | от добра добра не ищут (To leave things as they are (and not try to improve them).Оставить всё как есть (и не пытаться улучшить). Interex) |
| like buckets in a well | из стороны в сторону (Bobrovska) |
| might as well | лучше сделать, чем не делать (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| might well | с тем же успехом мочь (He was still aware, remotely, of the severe burns on his legs and arms, of the pain in his throat..., but his awareness was no more than an intellectual acknowledgment of these burns and
wounds, they might well have belonged to another man. – ...с тем же успехом они могли бы принадлежать и кому-то другому. Abysslooker) |
| not end well | добром не закончиться (Баян) |
| not end well | ничем хорошим не закончиться (Баян) |
| not sit well with | прийтись не по вкусу (I make these objections with some reservation. I work at a school of architecture, and complaining about something "new," "interesting," creative" and "unprecedented" may not sit well with my colleagues and our students, who largely favour these qualities.  thetyee.ca ART Vancouver) |
| oh well | ничего не поделаешь (Баян) |
| oh well | что ж (Oh well, it could be worse. 4uzhoj) |
| oh well | ну да ладно (в знач. "ничего не попишешь" • Well that's a shame, but oh well. 4uzhoj) |
| oh well | ну и ладно (в знач. "ничего не попишешь, ну да ладно" • Well that's a shame, but oh well. 4uzhoj) |
| oh well | ну что ж (в знач. "ничего не попишешь, ну да ладно" • I guess the store closes at five on Thursdays. Oh well. I'll just come back tomorrow. 4uzhoj) |
| oh well | ничего не попишешь (Баян) |
| run as a well-oiled machine | работать эффективно (snowleopard) |
| run as a well-oiled machine | работать слаженно (snowleopard) |
| stand well with | пользоваться чьим-либо расположением (VLZ_58) |
| stand well with | быть на хорошем счету (у кого-либо VLZ_58) |
| sticky-fingered ne'er-do-well | воришка (Authorities in Germany are investigating a strange case wherein a sticky-fingered ne'er-do-well stole 80 goldfish from a man's backyard pond and then mysteriously returned the pilfered creatures a few days later. (coasttocoastam.com) • A nearly 25-year-old mystery surrounding a golden weathervane stolen from a French town has been resolved after the pilfered piece was returned by the remorseful thief behind the misguided caper. The weird case reportedly began back in April of 1999 when a sticky-fingered ne'er-do-well made off with the metallic depiction of a cockerel that had sat atop a cross in the small community of Bessan. (coasttocoastam.com) • A Sasquatch statue stolen from a front yard in Tennessee is back home where it belongs thanks to a dedicated individual who located and recovered the pilfered piece by way of a rather daring rescue. In late February, some sticky-fingered ne'er-do-wells made off with the 250-pound faux Bigfoot that had sat outside Jennifer Jordan's Memphis residence for the last seven years. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| stumble along fairly well | вполне обходиться без лишнего беспокойства (grailmail) |
| take well to | хорошо воспринимать (что-либо Alexey Lebedev) |
| take well to | доброжелательно принимать (что-либо Alexey Lebedev) |
| take well to | охотно соглашаться (с чем-либо Alexey Lebedev) |
| take well to | хорошо относиться (к чему-либо Alexey Lebedev) |
| that well just never runs dry, does it? | это ведь никогда не кончится, правда? (bluesmachine) |
| the horse has well and truly bolted | что сделано, то сделано (valerchen) |
| the horse has well and truly bolted | уже ничего не изменить (valerchen) |
| this is not sitting well with | это не устраивает (This is not sitting well with some local parents, who would like to see these temporary changes made permanent. ART Vancouver) |
| time not well spent | не стоит потраченного времени (Vadim Rouminsky) |
| we are all keeping well | у нас всё хорошо (financial-engineer) |
| we never know the value of water till the well is dry | что имеем – не храним, потерявши – плачем |
| well and good | годится! (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| well beyond one's years | не по годам развитый (о способностях • Kevin’s reading age at school reportedly was “well beyond his years” whereas prior to the [UFO] incident it had been reported as “backwards of his age”. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| well gone | след простыл (is / was • At first he thought it was a large man with a white hood over his head and it severely frightened the young boy. They all went around the house to see if it was someone who intended to do harm. But the creature was well gone by now. -- к тому времени и след простыл (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| well, I never! | интересное кино! (VLZ_58) |
| well, I never! | вот тебе и на! (Andrey Truhachev) |
| Well, I never! | глазам своим не верю! (Andrey Truhachev) |
| Well I never! | вот чудеса! (masay) |
| well, just you wait | за мной не заржавеет (VLZ_58) |
| well quit of | счастливо отделавшийся от (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| well quit of | успешно отделавшийся от (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| well spent | потраченный с пользой (Баян) |
| well stored with knowledge | имеющий много знаний (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| well stored with knowledge | много знающий (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| well turned out | хорошо одетый (Alexey Lebedev) |
| well within reach | вполне по силам (By the time he was 16, paying $21,000 for a used Porsche was well within reach. ART Vancouver) |
| well-earned | кровно заработанный (sankozh) |
| well-feathered nest | тёпленькое местечко (make oneself a well-feathered nest VLZ_58) |
| well-matched | под стать (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| you might as well be talking to a post | с ним каши не сваришь (Варианты взяты из "Русско-английского фразеолгического словаря переводчика" С.С. Кузьмина VLZ_58) |