| English | Russian |
| a it's impossible to make him blush | ему, им плюй в глаза – всё божья роса (used sarcastically and contemptuously about or to a person who does shameful things and never feels shame even while being put to shame by others) |
| it's always easier to break than to make | ломать – не строить |
| it's enough to make a cat laugh | смех и грех (used to mean: it is both unfortunate and funny, comic and tragic) |
| it's enough to make a cat laugh | и смех и горе (used to mean: it is both unfortunate and funny, comic and tragic) |
| it's enough to make a cat laugh | и смех и грех (used to mean: it is both unfortunate and funny, comic and tragic) |
| it's enough to make a cat laugh | смех и горе (used to mean: it is both unfortunate and funny, comic and tragic) |
| it's enough to make a horse laugh | и смех и грех (used to mean: it is both unfortunate and funny, comic and tragic) |
| it's enough to make a horse laugh | и смех и горе (used to mean: it is both unfortunate and funny, comic and tragic) |
| it's enough to make a horse laugh | смех и грех (used to mean: it is both unfortunate and funny, comic and tragic) |
| it's enough to make a horse laugh | смех и горе (used to mean: it is both unfortunate and funny, comic and tragic) |
| it's not a gay coat that makes gentlemen | не одежда красит человека (kiska-myau777) |
| it's not a gay coat that makes the gentleman | не элегантный пиджак делает человека джентльменом |
| it's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman | по одёжке встречают, но уму провожают |
| it's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman | нарядная одежда ещё не делает джентльменом (Bobrovska) |
| it's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman | по одежде не суди, по делам гляди |
| it's the empty can that makes the most noise | собака лает-ветер носит |
| it's the retinue that makes the king | короля делает свита (Susannasn) |
| when the rich make war it's the poor that die | паны дерутся-у хлопцев чубы трещат (VLZ_58) |
