| English | Russian |
| among friends all things are common | для милого дружка – и серёжку из ушка |
| between friends all is common | у друзей всё общее |
| between friends all is common | для милого дружка и серёжку из ушка (used to mean: nothing is too good for a man's best friend) |
| between friends all is common | для милого дружка и серёжка из ушка (used to mean: nothing is too good for a man's best friend) |
| between friends all is common | у друзей все общее |
| between friends all is common | друзья делают всё сообща |
| bread and salt in common, but supply your own tobacco | хлеб-соль вместе, а табачок врозь (common and private expenses are two different things) |
| common fame is seldom to blame | нет дыма без огня (masizonenko) |
| find a common language with | находить общий язык с кем (someone) |
| have in common salt and bread, but see to your own cigarette | хлеб-соль вместе, а табачок врозь |
| I can't find a common language with you | ты ему про Фому, а он про Ерёму (used (often: ironically or angrily) to point to someone's strange behavior which is an attempt not to speak on a certain (raised) topic and speak about something quite different instead) |
| I can't find a common language with you | я ему про Фому, а он про Ерёму (used (often: ironically or angrily) to point to someone's strange behavior which is an attempt not to speak on a certain (raised) topic and speak about something quite different instead) |
| I can't find a common language with you | ей про Фому, а она про Ерёму (used (often: ironically or angrily) to point to someone's strange behavior which is an attempt not to speak on a certain (raised) topic and speak about something quite different instead) |
| I can't find a common tongue with you | я ему про Фому, а он про Ерёму |
| I can't find a common tongue with you | ты ему про Фому, а он про Ерёму |
| I can't find a common tongue with you | ей про Фому, а она про Ерёму |
| I can't find a common tongue with you | дед про юшку, баба про петрушку (alexandra11) |
| two great nations divided by a common language | две великие нации, разделённые общим языком (O. Wilde; О. Уайльд о народах Англии и США) |
