| English | Russian |
| A drop in the bucket | Капля в ведре (ROGER YOUNG) |
| A drop in the bucket | капля в море (upws) |
| at a drop of a dime | см. at the drop of a hat (Баян) |
| at the drop of a hat | с пол-оборота (Alexey Lebedev) |
| at the drop of the hat | по первому зову (ART Vancouver) |
| be a drop in the ocean | быть каплей в море (CNN, 2020 Alex_Odeychuk) |
| drop a bollock | допустить ошибку (Interex) |
| drop a bollock | ошибиться (Interex) |
| drop a bollock | сделать ошибку (To make a mistake. Interex) |
| drop a bomb | ошарашить (ART Vancouver) |
| drop a bomb | сделать сенсационное заявление (Interex) |
| drop a bomb | ошеломить новостью (To announce surprising or alarming information suddenly and without warning. Interex) |
| drop a bombshell | сделать неожиданное заявление (Andy) |
| drop a bombshell | ошарашить (ART Vancouver) |
| drop a brick | сообщить сенсацию (Molly came in and drophed a brick that scared us all.) |
| drop a brick | дать маху (John dropped a brick when he called her by his ex-wife's name.) |
| drop a brick | допустить бестактность |
| drop a brick | ляпнуть лишнего |
| drop a bucket into an empty well | зря затрачивать энергию (Bobrovska) |
| drop a bucket into an empty well | попусту стараться (Bobrovska) |
| drop a bucket into an empty well | заниматься пустым, бесполезным делом (Bobrovska) |
| drop a cog | переключить передачу, чтобы повысить скорость (ginny.joyce) |
| drop a dime | накапать начальству (донести на кого-либо – on someone: So it was inside help. Somebody in the office saw me leave and dropped a dime. 4uzhoj) |
| drop a dime | стукнуть (on someone; донести на кого-либо, особ. по телефону 4uzhoj) |
| drop a dime | донести (на кого-либо – on someone 4uzhoj) |
| drop a dime | сделать результативную передачу (Ivanov) |
| drop a dime | настучать (on someone; донести на кого-либо, особ. по телефону: An anonymous informant was prompted to "drop a dime" on Rev. • So it was inside help. Somebody in the office saw me leave and dropped a dime. В.И.Макаров) |
| drop all cases | закинуть чепец за мельницу (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| drop dead | перестать шуметь (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop dead | утихнуть (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop dead | заткнуться (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop from the cloud | как с неба свалился |
| drop into lap | достаться даром, легко, без каких-либо усилий (Сибиряков Андрей) |
| drop into sleep | провалиться в сон (to pass into sleep without effort  collinsdictionary.com В.И.Макаров) |
| drop like flies | умирать в больших количествах (The heat was so intense that people were dropping like flies. IgRi) |
| drop like flies | гибнуть как мухи (The heat was so intense that people were dropping like flies. IgRi) |
| drop like flies | дохнуть как мухи (The heat was so intense that people were dropping like flies. IgRi) |
| drop off | отходить (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop off | становиться реже (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop off | выходить по одному (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop off the radar | бесследно исчезнуть |
| drop out | вылетать (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop out | посредственный (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop out | ни то ни сё (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop out | тот, кто не прошёл полный курс обучения (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop out | отсеять (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop out | уходить (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop out | сойти с дистанции (VLZ_58) |
| drop out | прекращать (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop out | исключить (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| drop salt into the wound | сыпать соль на рану (Can you not drop salt into the wound? ART Vancouver) |
| drop the axe | покончить (с кем-либо: They are going to drop the axe on Amanda because she calls in sick all of the time. alexs2011) |
| drop the axe | избавиться (от кого-либо: They are going to drop the axe on Amanda because she calls in sick all of the time. alexs2011) |
| drop the ball | дать маху (As far as our foreign policy is concerned, we've dropped the ball ART Vancouver) |
| drop the ball | подкачать (to make a mistake, especially by not taking action or dealing with something that should have been planned for (Cambridge Dictionary): The entire time I was there, not once was anything cleaned — not by janitorial staff or by nursing staff. Given that this is Fraser Health, I can’t say I’m surprised by these conditions in the slightest, but someone is clearly dropping the ball when it comes to our emergency rooms. (Burnaby Now)
ART Vancouver) |
| drop the ball | подвести (кого-л. -- to make a mistake, especially by not taking action or dealing with something that should have been planned for (Cambridge Dictionary) ART Vancouver) |
| drop the ball | оплошать (I think we dropped the ball on this. ART Vancouver) |
| drop the facade | перестать делать вид (Alexey Lebedev) |
| drop the facade | прекратить притворяться (Alexey Lebedev) |
| drop the facade | скинуть маску (Alexey Lebedev) |
| drop the gloves | сражаться (Interex) |
| drop the gloves | убрать препятствие (To remove a prior impediment to action; to prepare for or engage in a dispute. Interex) |
| drop the gloves | быть готовым вступить в спор (Interex) |
| drop the gloves | бороться (Interex) |
| drop the gloves | драться (To fight. Interex) |
| drop the hammer | закручивать гайки (Time to drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice! VLZ_58) |
| drop the hammer | ужесточать режим (VLZ_58) |
| drop the other shoe | завершить (Time Warner Inc. dropped the other shoe in its two-step $13.86 billion acquisition of Warner Communications Inc.) |
| drop the other shoe | завершить начатое (Mr. Franklin has left his wife. Soon he'll drop the other shoe and divorce her.) |
| drop the other shoe! | сказал "А" – говори "Б" (plushkina) |
| drop the other shoe | выложить карты на стол (plushkina) |
| drop the other shoe | пойти до конца (plushkina) |
| drop the reins | выпустить вожжи (VLZ_58) |
| drop the subject | замять разговор (sea holly) |
| gone at the drop of a hat | как ветром сдуло (SirReal) |
| he was gone at the drop of a hat | его как ветром сдуло (SirReal) |
| not drop a stitch | не облажаться (Баян) |
| not drop a stitch | не подвести (Баян) |
| not drop a stitch | не облажать (Баян) |
| not drop a stitch | не опростоволоситься (Баян) |
| pin-drop silence | мёртвая тишина (Morning93) |
| pin-drop silence | гробовая тишина (также: pin-dropping silence Abysslooker) |
| pin-drop silence | абсолютная тишина (так тихо, что слышно, как муха летит Morning93) |
