| English | Russian |
| laws catch flies, but let hornets go free | закон, что паутина: шмель проскочит, а муха увязнет (дословно: Законы ловят мух, а шершней отпускают) |
| laws catch flies, but let hornets go free | законы ловят мух, а шершней отпускают |
| laws catch flies, but let hornets go free | алтынного вора вешают, полтинного чествуют (дословно: Законы ловят мух, а шершней отпускают) |
| let every man speak well of the bridge he goes over | не мути воду – случится черпать |
| let not the cobbler go beyond his last | с суконным рылом в калачный ряд (do not try to take a (higher) position or place that you do not deserve (and are not qualified for, not worthy of)) |
| let not the cobbler go beyond his last | с суконным рылом да в калачный ряд (do not try to take a (higher) position or place that you do not deserve (and are not qualified for, not worthy of)) |
| let not the cobbler go beyond his last | знай, сверчок, свой шесток |
| let not the cobbler go beyond his last | с суконным рылом да в калачный ряд не суйся (do not try to take a (higher) position or place that you do not deserve (and are not qualified for, not worthy of)) |
| let not the cobbler go beyond his last | всяк сверчок знай свой шесток |
| let not the cobbler go beyond his last | с суконным рылом в калачный ряд не суйся (do not try to take a (higher) position or place that you do not deserve (and are not qualified for, not worthy of)) |
| let not the sun go down on your wrath | не держи долго обиду, выясняй всё сразу |
