| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | говорить о том, чтобы сделать что-либо, но так и не делать этого | be all talk (and no action: Our boss is all talk and no action and nothing new is ever done in our department Taras) |
| cliche. | не говоря о том, чтобы | let alone (+ gerund: I hear so many families and friends talking about going to BC for the May long weekend or just for camping or for vacation. It's a pandemic. You shouldn't be leaving your immediate area, let alone going to another province. (Reddit) • “I was surprised because I’ve never seen an octopus in the wild before to begin with, let alone in a battle with a sea lion,” she says. Between the two, Bryant believes the sea lion won the fight.  timescolonist.com ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | не говоря уже о том, чтобы | much less (Most inexperienced cooks most certainly do not know what all the tools are, much less to have them all ready from the beginning. • The Kremlin considers annexed Crimea its own and it would never agree to rent it from Ukraine, much less pay for it. Val_Ships) |
