| English | Russian |
| a man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks | мужчине столько лет, на сколько он себя чувствует, а женщине – на сколько она выглядит |
| a man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks | мужчине столько лет, на сколько он себя чувствует, а женщине-на сколько она выглядит |
| everyone as they like, as the old woman said when she kissed her cow | на вкус и на цвет товарища нет |
| everyone as they like, as the old woman said when she kissed her cow | о вкусах не спорят |
| everyone as they like, as the old woman said when she kissed her cow | на вкус на цвет товарища нет |
| experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly | только собственный опыт учит |
| experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly | у опыта нет общей школы, своих учеников он учит порознь (т.е. учишься на собственном опыте) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы да кабы, да во рту росли грибы (used to mean: you indulge in wishful thinking, it can't be so) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы да кабы, да во рту росли бобы (used to mean: you indulge in wishful thinking, it can't be so) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы да кабы, да во рту росли грибы, то был бы не рот, а целый огород (used to mean: you indulge in wishful thinking, it can't be so) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы не мороз, то овёс бы до неба дорос |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | кабы бабушка не бабушка, так была б она дедушкой (дословно: Если бы моя тётка была мужчиной, она была бы моим дядей) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | кабы бабушка была не бабушкой, так была б она дедушкой |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | кабы сивому коню чёрную гриву, был бы буланый |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы да кабы, да во рту росли бобы, то был бы не рот, а целый огород (used to mean: you indulge in wishful thinking, it can't be so) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы, да кабы во рту росли бобы, был бы не рот, а целый огород (дословно: Если бы моя тётка была мужчиной, она была бы моим дядей) |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы моя тётка была мужчиной, она была бы моим дядей |
| if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle | если бы да кабы, да во рту росли бобы – был бы не рот, а целый огород |
| say not the mermaid is a myth, I knew one named Mrs Smith, she stood while playing cards or knitting, mermaids are not equipped for sitting | кто говорит: русалок не бывало? а миссис Смит? Та, что всегда стояла, она бы с удовольствием присела, да не имела важной части тела |
| she is a walking encyclopaedia | она-ходячая энциклопедия |
| she is capable of defending her interests | ей пальца в рот не клади |
| she is in clover | ей алафа |
| she is in luck | ей алафа (= ему лафа) |
| she he, etc is not the be-all and end-all of this world | свет не клином сошёлся |
| she will buy whatever you tell him | ей что ни скажи, она всё съест |
| she will eat up whatever you tell him | ей что ни скажи, она всё съест |
| she will never set the Thames on fire | ей никогда Темзы не поджечь |
| tell a woman she is fair, and she will soon turn a fool | у бабы волос долог, да ум короток (contrast: a woman's advice is no great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool. women in mischief are wiser than men. the wit of a woman is a great matter) |
| tell a woman she is fair, and she will soon turn a fool | у бабы волос долог, а ум короток (contrast: a woman's advice is no great thing, but he who won't take it is a fool. women in mischief are wiser than men. the wit of a woman is a great matter) |
| the cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has or hath lost it | что имеем, не храним, потерявши, плачем |
| the cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it | что имеем – не храним, потерявши – плачем |
| the cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has or hath lost it | что имеем, не храним, потерявши, плачем |
| the girl looks fine, but she isn't mine! | хороша Маша, да не наша |
| the girl looks fine, but she isn't mine | видит око, да зуб неймёт |
| the girl looks fine, but she isn't mine | хоть видит око, да зуб неймёт |
| the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! | не было у бабы забот, купила баба порося (igisheva) |
| the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! | не знала баба горя, купила баба порося (igisheva) |
| the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! | не было у бабы хлопот, купила баба порося (used when a person meets (or is going to meet) with difficulties and troubles due to obligations taken upon oneself quite voluntarily) |
| the woman's life was easy until she made it busy – she bought herself a pig! | не было у бабы печали,да купила баба порося (Rust71) |
| а woman is as old as she looks | женщине столько лет, на сколько она выглядит (Баян) |
