| English | Russian |
| a stranger's heart is a deep well -it's too dark there to see well | чужая душа – лес дремучий |
| a stranger's heart is a deep well -it's too dark there to see well | чужая душа – тёмный лес |
| a stranger's heart is a deep well -it's too dark there to see well | Чужая душа – потёмки |
| it's too good to be true | вашими бы устами да мёд пить (used (sometimes: ironically) to express one's gratitude for someone's prediction and/or one's doubt that everything would be fine) |
| it's too good to be true | твоими бы устами мёд пить (used (sometimes: ironically) to express one's gratitude for someone's prediction and/or one's doubt that everything would be fine) |
| it's too good to be true | твоими бы устами да мёд пить (used (sometimes: ironically) to express one's gratitude for someone's prediction and/or one's doubt that everything would be fine) |
| it's too good to be true | вашими бы устами мёд пить (used (sometimes: ironically) to express one's gratitude for someone's prediction and/or one's doubt that everything would be fine) |
| now and then – it's too bad again | куда ни кинь, везде клин |
| now and then – it's too bad again | куда как ни кинь, везде клин |
| now and then – it's too bad again | куда как ни кинь, всё клин |
| now and then – it's too bad again | куда ни кинь, всё клин |
| used to mean: you'll never overcome that obstacle, it's too big for you you can't knock down a wall with a pea-shooter | лбом стену не прошибешь |
| used to mean: you'll never overcome that obstacle, it's too big for you you can't knock down a wall with a pea-shooter | лбом стенку не прошибешь |
| used to mean: you'll never overcome that obstacle, it's too big for you you can't knock down a wall with a pea-shooter | лбом стены не прошибешь |
| we think it's too cheap until we lose it and weep | что имеем, не храним, потерявши, плачем |
