| English | Russian |
| A slice off a cut loaf is never missed. | Не постой за волосок – бороды не станет. (masizonenko) |
| he is trying to bite off more than he can chew | у него много амбиции и мало амуниции (о попытке взяться за непосильное дело) |
| saw off the bough on which one is sitting | рубить сук, на котором сидишь |
| the bloom is off the peach | укатали бурку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
| the bloom is off the peach | умыкали сивку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
| the bloom is off the peach | умыкали бурку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
| the bloom is off the peach | уходили сивку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
| the bloom is off the peach | уходили бурку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
| the bloom is off the peach | укатали сивку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
| the bloom is off the plum | уходили бурку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
| the bloom is off the plum | умыкали сивку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
| the bloom is off the plum | умыкали бурку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
| the bloom is off the plum | уходили сивку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
| the bloom is off the plum | укатали бурку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
| the bloom is off the plum | укатали сивку крутые горки (contrast: an old ox makes a straight furrow. the older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune) |
