| Russian | English |
| начал за здравие, а кончил за упокой | it's like a skeleton at the feast о you started speaking with delight and finished with a sorry sight! (said about discrepancy between good beginning (e.g., good news, promising situation, words) and bad ending (e.g., later news, one's deeds)) |
| начал за здравие, а свёл за упокой | it's like a skeleton at the feast о you started speaking with delight and finished with a sorry sight! (said about discrepancy between good beginning (e.g., good news, promising situation, words) and bad ending (e.g., later news, one's deeds)) |
