| Subject | English | Russian |
| lit. | And we confess in advance that this is also a story about dolls, and that Santa Claus comes into it, and even a thief, though as to this last, whoever he was... he was certainly not Bar abbas, even parabolically. | Признаемся сразу, что эта история — тоже о куклах, и в ней участвуют Санта-Клаус и даже один воришка, хотя этому последнему — кто бы он ни был...— всё же далеко до Вараввы, даже в переносном смысле. (Ellery Queen) |
| quot.aph., context. | ask my fellow if I be a thief | скажи мне, кто твой друг, и я скажу тебе, кто ты |
| gen. | be a thief | заниматься воровством |
| Gruzovik, forens. | be a thief | заниматься воровством |
| Gruzovik, forens. | be a thief | воровать |
| gen. | be a thief | своровать |
| proverb | (every family house, community has its own private/ problems and troubles every heart knows its own bitterness. it is a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in it a skeletons in every cupboard or closet.every house, ugly or nice, has its own problems and mice | под каждой крышей свой мыши ( NU[YK ) |
| proverb | the thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a thief | горбатого одна могила исправит |
| proverb | the thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a thief | горбатого могила исправит |
