| Subject | English | Russian |
| humor. | all is well and the goose hangs high | Дела идут – контора пишет (VLZ_58) |
| sport. | cast from high bar to long hang | из упора на в.ж. отмах в вис |
| old.fash., inf. | everything is lovely and the goose hangs high | всё в полном порядке (If you believe there is a plethora of money, if you believe everything is lovely and the goose hangs high, go down to the soup houses in the city of New York. (Congressional Record, DAE)  wordpress.com 'More) |
| old.fash., inf. | everything is lovely and the goose hangs high | всё прекрасно (“How did you succeed?” asked Mrs. Cloten of her husband, when he returned to dinner.
“Admirably! ‘Everything is lovely and the goose hangs high.’ I gave my employees to understand that they could leave if they did not wish to work with Miss Leroy. Not one of them left, or showed any disposition to rebel.” standardebooks.org) |
| proverb | goose hang high | всё пойдет как по маслу (Jack London "The Call of the Wild" nastyxa) |
| gen. | hang high | висеть высоко (low, awkwardly, etc., и т.д.) |
| Makarov. | hang high | висеть высоко |
| hist. | hang high and short | "повесить высоко и коротко" (британская политика быстрой расправы с преступниками Pirvolajnen) |
| obs., idiom. | the goose hangs high | дело на мази |
| obs., idiom. | the goose hangs high | всё прекрасно |
| gen. | the goose hangs high goose | всё в порядке |
