| Russian | English |
| ведь я вам говорил | I told you so |
| говорил я себе | I'd tell myself (при передаче косвенной речи: You are so petty, I'd tell myself, with your sparkling surfaces and White Company candles, these people have lost so much. – Ты такая придирчивая, говорила я себе dailymail.co.uk ART Vancouver) |
| Говорите ли вы по-английски? | do you speak English? |
| говорите по существу | keep to the point |
| говорить как мужчина с мужчиной | talk man-to-man (igisheva) |
| говорить не приходится | no ... to speak of (о чём-л.; с отрицанием: Fortunately, there was no structural damage to the overpass or debris to speak of. (CityNews 1130) ART Vancouver) |
| говоря по справедливости | to be fair ("People have asked me whether the provincial gentle density and Transit-Oriented Area initiatives will increase property values. In some cases, they will, e.g.: this property at 5708 Alma, next to the Dunbar Bus Exchange, assessed at $2,520,500 was recently listed at $5,800,000!" "To be fair, you can list your property at whatever you like. There are lots of realtors who "buy" listings. The real proof would be what it sells for ... if it does." (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
| говорят, что | it is said that (It's said that the heritage 1911 Century House bank building on Richards Street has a resident ghost – or a few. • An extreme windstorm took place back in 1743. It is said that it caused the collapse of the Dreaghmuir bridge with carriages and pedestrians, no one survived in the icy waters beneath. ART Vancouver) |
| излишне говорить, что | needless to say that (ART Vancouver) |
| короче говоря | long story short (My ex-wife when we were married didn't like my cat because it didn't like her very much. Cat threw up on the couch and even though I cleaned it up she threw the cat out for the night and wouldn't let me let her back in. Cat disappeared. There were coyotes in our neighborhood. Long story short, bitch killed the cat. (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
| короче говоря | make long story short |
| мне об этом постоянно говорят | I get that all the time ("You're really tall!" "Yeah, I get that all the time." ART Vancouver) |
| не говори ерунду! | don't talk such nonsense! (ART Vancouver) |
| не говоря о том, чтобы | let alone (+ gerund: I hear so many families and friends talking about going to BC for the May long weekend or just for camping or for vacation. It's a pandemic. You shouldn't be leaving your immediate area, let alone going to another province. (Reddit) • “I was surprised because I’ve never seen an octopus in the wild before to begin with, let alone in a battle with a sea lion,” she says. Between the two, Bryant believes the sea lion won the fight.  timescolonist.com ART Vancouver) |
| не говоря уже о | never mind (*stealing examples is not nice*: Sovereignty is a dead issue for Quebecers, never mind the rest of the country • Ukrainian families are being put in brand new residential detached properties costing 245,000. There's not enough housing for the Scots, never mind anyone else. Congolians, Afghanistans as well. Charity begins at home. dailymail.co.uk ART Vancouver) |
| откровенно говоря | to tell the truth (igisheva) |
| по совести говоря | to tell the truth (igisheva) |
| по справедливости говоря | in all fairness (per M. A. Berdy: e.g. In all fairness, he's not a bad artist. По справедливости говоря, он неплохой художник. Leonid Dzhepko) |
| правду говоря | to tell the truth (igisheva) |
| проще говоря | simply said (Simply said, try your best not to take a large loss. Little ones are far better. ART Vancouver) |
| проще говоря | put simply (Remarkably, Canada's expenditures were 22-per-cent higher than they were in the average universal-access developed country. Put simply, Canada maintains the most expensive universal access health care system among large industrialized countries. ART Vancouver) |
| честно говоря | to tell the truth (как вводная фраза igisheva) |
| это говорит о многом | that speaks volumes (You have no idea how many of your neighbours are talking about your incredibly unkept yard, please do something about it! Your dandelions could be addressed in as little as a half an hour, with a tiny bit of effort and a weed puller. It really is not a big job for you to take on! If you can't then that speaks volumes!! Your good neighbour. ART Vancouver) |
| это о многом говорит | that speaks volumes (You have no idea how many of your neighbours are talking about your incredibly unkept yard, please do something about it! Your dandelions could be addressed in as little as a half an hour, with a tiny bit of effort and a weed puller. It really is not a big job for you to take on! If you can't then that speaks volumes!! Your good neighbour. ART Vancouver) |
