| English | Russian |
| a bird may be known by its song | видно птицу по полёту (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| a bird may be known by its song | видно сокола по полёту (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| a bird may be known by its song | видать сокола по полёту (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| a bird may be known by its song | видать птицу по полёту (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| a bird may be known by its song | видно сову по полёту (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| a bird may be known by its song | видать сову по полёту (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| a bird may be known by its song | видна птица по полёту (one can tell a person by his (her) manners, looks and/or deeds) |
| a word dropped from a song makes it all wrong | из песни слова не выкинешь |
| bird may be known by its song | птицу можно узнать по тому, как она поёт (букв. по её песне) |
| bird may be known by its song | видна птица по полёту |
| no song, no supper | под лежачий камень вода не течёт (дословно: Не споёшь, так и ужина не получишь) |
| no song, no supper | под лежачую колоду вода не течёт (Anglophile) |
| no song, no supper | не споёшь, так и ужина не получишь |
| no song, no supper | нет песни, нет и ужина |
| no song, no supper | под лежачий камень вода не течёт (дословно: Не споёшь, так и ужина не получишь) |
| no song, no supper | не потопаешь – не полопаешь |
| no song, no supper | хочешь есть калачи, не лежи на печи (дословно: Не споёшь, так и ужина не получишь) |
| no song, no supper | под лежачий камень и вода не течёт |
| no song, no supper | кто не работает, тот не ест не |
| no song, no supper | за славную песню – славный ужин |
| not worth an old song | выеденного яйца не стоит |
| you can't knock words out of a song | из песни слова не выкинешь |
| you can't throw words out of a song | из песни слова не выкинешь |
| you heard the song but got it wrong | слышал звон, да не знаешь, где он |
