| Russian | English |
| и Москва не вдруг строилась | moscow was not built in a day |
| и Москва не вдруг строилась | an oak is not felled with one stroke |
| и Москва не вдруг строилась | rome was not built in a day (nothing can he done overnight: everything takes time) |
| и Москва не сразу строилась | an oak is not felled with one stroke |
| и Москва не сразу строилась | moscow was not built in a day |
| и Москва не сразу строилась | rome was not built in a day (nothing can he done overnight: everything takes time) |
| Москва не вдруг строилась | an oak is not felled with one stroke |
| Москва не вдруг строилась | moscow was not built in a day |
| Москва не вдруг строилась | rome was not built in a day (nothing can he done overnight: everything takes time) |
| Москва не сразу строилась | an oak is not felled with one stroke |
| Москва не сразу строилась | moscow was not built in a day |
| Москва не сразу строилась | Rome wasn't built in a day |
| Москва не сразу строилась | rome was not built in a day (nothing can he done overnight: everything takes time) |
| Москва слезам не верит | Muscovites say tears do not pay |
| Москва слезам не верит | who would trust crocodile tears? (tears cannot justify anything (e.g., one's fault, misdeed, crime) or be of any use, tears are no good) |
| Москва слезам не верит | who would trust crocodile tears? (tears cannot justify anything (e.g., one's fault, misdeed, crime) or be of any use, tears are no gooud) |
| Москва слезам не верит | muscovites say tears do not pay |
| Москва слезам не верит | moscow is not swayed by tears |
| Москва слезам не верит | Moscow is not swayed by tears |
| не сразу Москва строилась | rome was not built in a day (дословно: Рим был не за один день построен) |
| не сразу Москва строилась | moscow was not built in a day |
| не сразу Москва строилась | rome was not built in a day (nothing can he done overnight: everything takes time) |
| не сразу Москва строилась | Moscow was not built in a day |
| не сразу Москва строилась | an oak is not felled with one stroke |
| от копеечной свечи Москва сгорела | little chips light great fires |
| от копеечной свечи Москва сгорела | all Moscow was burnt down by a farthing dip |
| от копеечной свечи Москва сгорела | a little dip, in old days, set Moscow ablaze |
| от копеечной свечи Москва сгорела | a little spark kindles a great fire (little evil may start a great disaster) |
| от копеечной свечки Москва сгорела | little chips light great fires |
| от копеечной свечки Москва сгорела | a little dip, in old days, set moscow ablaze |
| от копеечной свечки Москва сгорела | all moscow was burnt down by a farthing dip |
| от копеечной свечки Москва сгорела | a little spark kindles a great fire (little evil may start a great disaster) |
| я хотел бы жить и умереть в Париже, если б не было такой земли-Москва | I would want to live and die in Paris if there had not been such a place as Moscow (Владимир Маяковский Olga Okuneva) |
