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| Subject | Russian | English |
| Makarov. | подкреплять действие словами | suit action to word |
| idiom. | подкреплять слова действиями | walk the walk and talk the talk (also: talk the talk and walk the walk: To back up one's words with equivalent actions. The phrase is used in many different forms, most often to indicate that one is being boastful or to express doubt that one can carry out what they have claimed.: Anybody can run their mouth like that, but can you walk the walk and talk the talk? Olga Arapova) |
| proverb | Подкреплять слова действиями | if you're going to talk the talk, you've got to walk the walk (Maxim Pyshniak) |