| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | a head sticking up out of the water | голова, торчащая из воды |
| gen. | a heads up | предупреждать (galinamalkina) |
| gen. | A heads up | Внимание! (A heads up....hidden track at end of the cd, don't shut off Lily Snape) |
| amer. | get a heads up | предупредить наперёд (Val_Ships) |
| amer. | get a heads up | получить заранее (информацию Val_Ships) |
| gen. | get a heads up about | получить предупреждение о (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | get a heads-up | быть заблаговременно поставленным в известность (CNN, 2018 Alex_Odeychuk) |
| inf. | give someone a heads-up | предупредить (I just wanted to give you a heads-up. I am dog sitting my parents' pitbull and my sister's mastiff for 7 days. I hope they are not going to make too much noise. – хотел тебя предупредить. • I wanted to give you a heads up that I'll be sending you the revised form for your approval. • If I see your parents' car pull in, I'll give you a heads-up. ART Vancouver) |
| inf. | give someone a heads-up | предупреждать (Irina_) |
| inf. | give someone a heads-up | дать знать (предупредить: If I see your parents' car pull in, I'll give you a heads-up. ART Vancouver) |
| inf. | give someone a heads-up | давать знать (Irina_) |
| inf. | give someone a heads-up | сообщить (в знач. "предупредить" Irina_) |
| inf. | give someone a heads-up | предостеречь (кого-либо: ...gave him a heads-up that an investigation was pending Val_Ships) |
| inf., mean.2 | give someone a heads-up | рассказать, как продвигается дело (tell about how a situation or plan is developing: The boss called a meeting to give us a heads-up on the way the project was going. Bullfinch) |
| inf. | give someone a heads-up beforehand | предупредить заранее (I was pissed off when I learned that she had gone home early the day before, but did not give me a heads up beforehand. natty1610) |
| idiom. | give somebody a heads up | дать информацию наперёд, заблаговременно уведомить (I wanted to give you a heads up that I'll be sending you the revised form for your approval. LupoNero) |
| cliche. | giving you a heads up | предупреждение о возможной проблеме (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| Makarov. | head up a barrel | вставлять днище в бочку |
| gen. | I'm giving you a heads-up | я тебя предупреждаю (Taras) |
| gen. | just a heads up | Хочу предупредить (Just a heads up, on Saturday night I will be having a stag in #1313. There won't be a ton of people, so we shouldn't be too loud, but I did want to let all the neighbours know ahead of time. – Josh) |
| lit. | New York is as full of cheap Haroun al Raschids as Bagdad is of fleas. I've been held up for my story with a loaded meal pointed at my head twenty times. | Нью-Йорк кишит прижимистыми Гарун аль-Рашидами, как Багдад блохами. Меня раз двадцать заставляли рассказывать мою историю под дулом филантропии. (O. Henry, Пер. Т. Озерской) |
| gen. | throw one's head into the ring/express willingness to take up a challenge. | принять вызов (I know you are looking for a policy advisor, and I want to throw my hat in the ring. nadine3133) |
