| Subject | English | Russian |
| Makarov. | be dead in the water | оказаться в безнадёжной ситуации |
| idiom. | be dead in the water | быть неработоспособным (Taras) |
| Makarov. | be dead in the water | потерять ход (о судне) |
| idiom. | be dead in the water | быть неподвижным (Taras) |
| idiom. | be dead in the water | влипнуть (It seems we're dead in the water Taras) |
| idiom. | be dead in the water | зависнуть (The project is dead in the water for the time being. VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | be dead in the water | не получаться (When you're job hunting, if you don't have a resume you're dead in the water – Если, во время поиска работы, у вас нет резюме, у вас ничего не получится Taras) |
| idiom. | be dead in the water | не годиться (Taras) |
| Makarov. | be dead in the water | заходить в тупик (о переговорах) |
| inf. | dead in the water | хана (If you say to your new girlfriend, "That skirt makes you look fat", you're dead in the water because no woman likes to hear that.- тебе хана / конец ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | dead in the water | находиться в кризисном состоянии (VLZ_58) |
| nautic. | dead in the water | потерявший ход (о судне) |
| nautic. | dead in the water | в безвыходном положении |
| inf. | dead in the water | в заднице (Побеdа) |
| navig. | dead in the water | без хода (о судне) |
| idiom. | dead in the water | неконкурентоспособный (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| idiom. | dead in the water | в тупике (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| slang | dead in the water | в состоянии глубокого кризиса |
| slang | dead in the water | неподвижный, застрявший (Interex) |
| idiom. | dead in the water | в жопе (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| idiom. | dead in the water | ничего не светить (I guess our plans for summer vacation are dead in the water. VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | dead in the water | почти мёртв (Nearly dead, doomed. Interex) |
| navig. | dead in the water | потерявший ход |
| inf. | dead in the water | без шансов на успех (joyand) |
| nautic. | dead in the water | без хода |
| idiom. | dead in the water | застопориться (VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | dead in the water | переживать кризис (This whole company is dead in the water. VLZ_58) |
| inf. | dead in the water | кранты (Побеdа) |
| inf. | dead in the water | крышка (If you say to your new girlfriend, "That skirt makes you look fat", you're dead in the water because no woman likes to hear that. – тебе крышка ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | dead in the water | обречён (Interex) |
| mil. | dead in the water | потерявший ход (о корабле) |
| inf. | dead in the water | конец (Without that weapons, we are dead in the water Taras) |
| inf. | dead in the water | кирдык (If you say to your new girlfriend, "That skirt makes you look fat", you're dead in the water because no woman likes to hear that. – тебе кирдык ART Vancouver) |
| nautic. | dead in the water | на мели |
| nautic. | ship is dead in the water | судно потеряло ход |
| nautic. | ship is dead in the water | судно без хода |
| Gruzovik, nautic. | stop dead in the water of a sailboat | заштилеть |
