| English | Russian |
| better be sure than sorry | покой лучше печали |
| better to be safe than sorry | всегда лучше перебдеть, чем недобдеть (alexs2011) |
| I am sorry for you but I cannot weep | вольному воля |
| I am sorry for you but I cannot weep | вольному воля – спасённому рай |
| it's better to be safe than sorry | всегда лучше перебдеть, чем недобдеть (alexs2011) |
| it's like a skeleton at the feast о you started speaking with delight and finished with a sorry sight! | начал за здравие, а кончил за упокой (said about discrepancy between good beginning (e.g., good news, promising situation, words) and bad ending (e.g., later news, one's deeds)) |
| it's like a skeleton at the feast о you started speaking with delight and finished with a sorry sight! | начал за здравие, а свёл за упокой (said about discrepancy between good beginning (e.g., good news, promising situation, words) and bad ending (e.g., later news, one's deeds)) |
| sorry, guys | прости, колпак, а шапка и так (Супру) |
| the thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a thief | горбатого одна могила исправит |
| the thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a thief | горбатого могила исправит |
| the wolf was sorry for the mare and ate her up with love and care | пожалел волк кобылу, оставил хвост да гриву |
| who marrieth for love without money, hath good nights and sorry days | бедному жениться и ночь коротка |
