| English | Russian |
| break a butterfly on wheel | стрелять из пушек по воробьям |
| break someone's heart | разбить чьё-либо сердце |
| break the camel's back | переполнить чашу терпения |
| God is all-seeing, God is all-knowing, play Him at cards, and home broke you'll be going | Бог не Тимошка, видит немножко (translation by Eoghan Connolly) |
| if it ain't broke, don't fix it | работает – не трогай (masizonenko) |
| if it ain't broke, don't fix it | работает – не трожь (вариант: работает – не тронь Моторола) |
| if it ain't broke don't fix it | не сломалось – не чини (masizonenko) |
| if it ain't broke, don't fix it | не сломалось – не чини (masizonenko) |
| if it ain't broke don't fix it | работает – не трогай (masizonenko) |
| if it ain't broke don't fix it | не лезь в отлаженный механизм. (  bit.ly masizonenko) |
| if it ain't broke, don't fix it | от добра добра не ищут (Баян) |
| if it ain't broke, don't fix it | лучшее – враг хорошего (Баян) |
| laws were like cobwebs, where the small flies were caught, and the great broke through | закон, что паутина: шмель проскочит, а муха увязнет |
| the straw that broke the camel's back | последняя капля (см. it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back // Encouraged by almost unanimous international protest against the Russian annexation, Ukraine now seeks to discourage international trade and investment in Crimea, in order to turn the annexed region into a grey zone similar to Northern Cyprus or South Ossetia, and put it as another straw on the back of Russia's economy. 4uzhoj) |
