| Subject | Russian | English |
| Makarov. | быть готовым серьёзно, а не на словах взяться за дело | mean business |
| relig. | важны дела, а не слова | re, non verbis (Latin for "things, not words") |
| gen. | дела, а не слова | deeds, not words |
| proverb | нужны дела, а не слова | deeds, not words |
| idiom. | дела, а не слова | deeds (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| lat. | дела, а не слова | facta, non verba (acrogamnon) |
| gen. | дела, а не слова | actions speak louder than words |
| Makarov. | дело не в том, кто сказал эти слова, а в том – истинны они или нет | the point is not who said the words, but whether they are true or not |
| idiom. | доказывать делом, а не словом | put the money where your mouth is (Victoooria) |
| gen. | здесь нужны не слова, а дела | this requires deeds, not words |
| gen. | на деле, а не только на словах | in deed and not in name |
| gen. | нам нужны не слова, а дела | we want actions, not talk |
| proverb | не верь словам, а верь делам | actions speak louder than words |
| gen. | не на словах, а на деле | in deed and not in name (Alex Lilo) |
| idiom. | не на словах, а на деле | not on paper but in real life (BBC News Alex_Odeychuk) |
| Makarov. | не на словах, а на деле | in fact, not in word |
| gen. | не на словах, а на деле | in fact rather than in word (AD Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | не на словах, а на деле | not in word but in deed (Alex Lilo) |
| proverb | не по словам судят, а по делам | actions speak louder than words (дословно: Поступки говорят громче, чем слова) |
| proverb | не по словам судят, а по делам | actions speak loader than words (VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | не по словам судят, а по делам | actions louder than words |
| proverb | не по словам судят, а по делам | words are but wind |
| gen. | не по словам судят, а по делам | deeds, not words (Anglophile) |
| gen. | не по словам судят, а по делам | it is not words that count but deeds |
| gen. | не словом, а делом | take action and not just talk about it (triumfov) |
| gen. | не словом, а делом | by deed, not by word (He threatens by deed, not by word. Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | не словом, а делом | if you talk the talk, you'd better walk the walk (org.uk Tanya Gesse) |
| saying. | нужны дела, а не слова | Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is better (volja) |
| gen. | о человеке надо судить по делам, а не по словам | a man should be judged by his deeds, not by his words |
| proverb | о человеке судят не по словам, а по делам | handsome is as handsome does (Anglophile) |
| proverb | одни красивые слова, а дел не видно | good words and no deeds |
| Makarov. | он человек дела, а не слов | he is a doer, not a talker |
| idiom. | показывать пример не словами, а делами | practice what one preaches (You should practice what you preach. • Like every politician, he fails to practice what he preaches. ART Vancouver) |
| proverb | следуй моим словам, а не делам | do as I say, not as I do |
| gen. | способность вести за собой не словами, а делами | leadership through action (ART Vancouver) |
| proverb | суди людей по делам, а не по словам | judge people by their deeds, not words (VLZ_58) |
| proverb | суди не по словам, а по делам | pretty is as pretty does (Vadim Rouminsky) |
| saying. | судят не по словам, а делам | talk is cheap (VLZ_58) |
| proverb | судят не по словам, а по делам | handsome is that handsome does |
| idiom. | судят по делам, а не по словам | handsome is as handsome does |
| idiom. | судят по делам, а не по словам | handsome is that handsome does |
| Makarov. | судят по делам, а не по словам | action speak louder than words |
| gen. | судят по делам, а не по словам | a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words |
