| English | Russian |
| a lump of clay | бездушный человек |
| a piece of work | "фрукт" (о человеке; может также носить положительную коннотацию Баян) |
| cheap piece of garbage | дешёвка (о предмете: Waste of money. I bought this and it was a cheap piece of garbage and not worth the money at all! I threw it out! (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
| citizen of the Soviet Union | совок (VLZ_58) |
| contemptuous name for the lower strata of population in czarist Russia | посконный ряд |
| contemptuous name for the lower strata of population in czarist Russia | посконный мужик |
| have a touch of the tar-brush | иметь примесь негритянской крови |
| Lady of Babylon | вавилонская блудница (о римско-католической церкви) |
| Lady of Rome | вавилонская блудница (о римско-католической церкви) |
| load of crap | полная чушь (What a load of crap. ART Vancouver) |
| no sense of | никакого понятия о (Irish women at night: loud, narcissistic, materialistic, nasty accents, no sense of style or elegance, too much makeup, ridiculous high heels, awful hairstyles, prudish (ever see one wearing a miniskirt not looking mortified and pulling down the fringes like someone walked in on her in the shower?) and making drunken fools of themselves at 1am while thinking their the next Carrie Bradshaw. Thank God I'm too old to date anymore.  dailyedge.ie ART Vancouver) |
| reams of verses | куча стихов |
| recall of the Soviet Union | совок (В пансионе – совок полный, внешняя помпезность плюс убогость услуг, сервиса. – In the pension it’s a total recall of the Soviet Union, external pomposity plus appalling service. VLZ_58) |
| silence is the most perfect expression of | молчание-самое совершенное выражение презрения (Shaw – Шоу) |
| the filth of the world | подонок (Artjaazz) |
| the filth of the world | отбросы общества (Artjaazz) |
| watch through the lens of cable TV | смотреть на экране зомбоящика (CNN Alex_Odeychuk) |
