| Russian | English |
| без году неделя | only a few days (быть знакомым, жить, работать, пр.) |
| во второе воскресенье следующей недели | on the second sunday of the next week |
| едешь на день, хлеба бери на неделю | God helps them that help themselves |
| едешь на день, хлеба бери на неделю | when you go for a trip which is one day long, it is bread for seven days you should take along |
| едешь на день, хлеба бери на неделю | for your day trip's bread take a weak's spread |
| едешь на день, хлеба бери на неделю | take care of yourself and God will take care of you (when going on a trip, it is advisable to have some extra food just in case) |
| мели, Емеля, твоя неделя | go on, Yeremiah – you'll bend my ear! |
| мели, Емеля, твоя неделя | what rot! |
| мели, Емеля, твоя неделя | Yakity, yakity, yakity! |
| мели, Емеля, твоя неделя | the ass that brays most, eats least |
| мели, Емеля, твоя неделя | the floor is yours! (go on with your idle talk! said mockingly or ironically to a person who talks nonsense and/or whose information is not trustworthy) |
| семь пятниц на неделе | rain at seven, fine at eleven (дословно: в 7 часов дождь, а в 11 ясно) |
| семь пятниц на неделе | as changeable as the moon |
| семь пятниц на неделе | as changeable as a weathercock |
| у кого семь пятниц на неделе | someone is in twenty minds |
| у кого семь пятниц на неделе | chop and change |
| у него семь пятниц на неделе | he keeps blowing hot and cold |
