| English | Russian |
| at first sight | с первого взгляда (only sing.) (понравиться, полюбить, пр.) |
| 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)) |
| judge not of men and things at first sight | куда дерево клонилось, туда и повалилось |
| judge not of men and things at first sight | наружность обманчива |
| judge not of men and things at first sight | не суди о людях в о вещах с первого взгляда |
| judge not of men and things at first sight | личиком гладок, да делами гадок |
| judge not of men and things at first sight | не всё то золото, что блестит |
