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| Subject | Russian | English |
| inf. | не прогадаешь | you can't go wrong (with something: You can't go wrong with flowers and chocolate. Flowers and chocolate are the classic gifts. • This is a classic shoot 'em up film and you can't go wrong here. • You can't go wrong with pink and brown. Баян) |
| gen. | не прогадать | come up trumps (come/turn up trumps: have a better performance or outcome than is expected (trumps are the playing cards that are chosen to be ranked higher than the others) We entered the contest with little hope of success but our performance came up trumps which was a big surprise to everyone. ICC Alexander Demidov) |
| Makarov. | не прогадать | get one's money's worth |
| gen. | не прогадать | get money's worth |
| gen. | не прогадать с покупкой | get a bargain (A.Rezvov) |
| gen. | получить сполна за свои деньги не прогадать | get money's worth |
| qual.cont. | тут мы не прогадали | this was our forte (rechnik) |