| English | Russian |
| can't make head nor tail of it | не могу понять что к чему (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| fake it till you make it | делай вид, пока оно не станет реальностью (Ivan Pisarev) |
| fake it till you make it | притворяйся, пока не получится (Ivan Pisarev) |
| fake it till you make it | притворяйся, пока не начнет получаться (Ivan Pisarev) |
| fake it till you make it | лги что сделал пока не сделаешь (Oleksandr Spirin) |
| fake it till you make it | лги что выполнил пока не выполнишь (Oleksandr Spirin) |
| fake it till you make it | ври, пока не победишь (Ivan Pisarev) |
| fake it till you make it | притворяйся, пока это не станет правдой (Ivan Pisarev) |
| fake it till you make it | притворяйся, пока не добьешься своего (Ivan Pisarev) |
| fake it till you make it | претворяйся до тех пор, пока у тебя не получится (Ivan Pisarev) |
| I can make neither head nor tail of it | не пойму, что к чему (ART Vancouver) |
| I can make neither head nor tail of it | Ничего не понимаю (ART Vancouver) |
| I can't make head or tail of it | для меня это тёмный лес (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| I'll make it hot for you | я тебе покажу кузькину мать (Voledemar) |
| I'll make it worth your while | за мной не заржавеет (oliversorge) |
| it is your make | твоя очередь тасовать (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| it makes one's mouth water | язык проглотишь |
| it makes two of us | я тоже (dfdfdf) |
| it makes your mouth water | слюнки текут (Olga Fomicheva) |
| it's make or break | или пан или пропал (for ... – для ...; Los Angeles Times Alex_Odeychuk) |
| make a big to-do about it | раздувать кадило (VLZ_58) |
| make a break for it | вырваться на свободу (to escape from/towards somewhere or something, often by force (Cambridge Dictionary): According to a local media report, the wild incident occurred early Saturday morning in the Cape Town suburb of Grassy Park. During a skirmish between two hippos at the Rondevlei Nature Reserve, one of the monstrous creatures attempted to flee the fracas and, in doing so, barreled through a fence to freedom. Noting that the fence that fell to the hippo during its escape was newly built, residents are understandably calling for the barrier to be strengthened in order to prevent future incidents wherein the sizable animals make a break for it.  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| make a go of it | раздувать кадило (VLZ_58) |
| make a run for it | сбежать ("Though he tried to make a run for it, Fujiwara was suddenly whisked off his feet and levitated to an orange-colored UFO hovering over a field outside." bizarreandgrotesque.com ART Vancouver) |
| make a run for it | уносить ноги (Understandably curious about the object, the team proceeded to land the helicopter and investigate it up close. "We were kind of joking around that if one of us suddenly disappears," Hutchings laughed, "then the rest of us make a run for it." Fortunately, the ten-to-12-foot tall rectangular metal object was not dangerous, though it was undoubtedly mysterious. – остальным придётся уносить ноги coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| make a song and dance about it | делать из мухи слона (VLZ_58) |
| make one's bed and have to lie in on it | пожинать то, что посеял (Bobrovska) |
| make one's bed and have to lie in on it | расплачиваться за свои поступки (Bobrovska) |
| make it big | преуспеть (markovka) |
| make it brief | вкратце сообщить (I told him about the accident, making it brief. ART Vancouver) |
| make it brief | в двух словах рассказать (I told him about the accident, making it brief. ART Vancouver) |
| make it hot for | задать баню (someone VLZ_58) |
| make it hot for | показать кузькину мать (someone В.И.Макаров) |
| make it loud and simple | разложить по полочкам (VLZ_58) |
| make it on one's own | выживать без посторонней помощи ("Survival would depend, in part, on how quickly they could transform their business models. That's something B.C. seemed well poised to do, with its big proportion of entrepreneurs used to making it on their own." (BC Business Magazine) ART Vancouver) |
| make it on one's own | выживать самостоятельно ("Survival would depend, in part, on how quickly they could transform their business models. That's something B.C. seemed well poised to do, with its big proportion of entrepreneurs used to making it on their own." (BC Business Magazine) ART Vancouver) |
| make it rain | в стриптиз клубе бросать пачку купюр вверх для эффекта дождя (andrewsok) |
| make it sound good | ради красного словца (VLZ_58) |
| make it up | помириться (chiefly British usage: to become friendly again after being angry (Merriam-Webster): "Telling a fellow he was getting a double chin!" "Did she do that?" "She did." "Oh, well, girls will be girls. Forget it, Tuppy. Go to her and make it up." He shook his head. (P.G. Wodehouse) – Ступай к ней и помирись ART Vancouver) |
| not make it in time | не успевать (I will obviously not make it in time to see my son for his birthday. BorisKap) |
