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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | как гласит пословица | proverbially (Hand Grenade) |
| proverb | как гласит пословица | as the proverb runs (Susannasn) |
| gen. | как гласит пословица | there's a saying that (There's a saying that love happens when you least expect it.  translink.ca) |
| gen. | как гласит пословица | as the proverb says |
| gen. | как гласит старая пословица | as the old adage tells us (напр, as the old adage tells us, "people will take a hot stove if it's free" Olga Okuneva) |