| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | мимо пролетела стая птиц | a flock of birds swept by |
| gen. | мимо пролетела стрела | an arrow sped past |
| gen. | мяч и т.д. пролетел мимо, едва не задев | the ball the stone, the bullet, etc. almost nearly, just, quite, narrowly, etc. missed (smb., smth., и т.д., кого́-л., что-л.) |
| gen. | От палки все заболит, а слово мимо ушей пролетит | sticks and stones will hurt my bones but names will never hurt me (примерная попытка перевода Стелла) |
| Makarov. | поезд пролетел мимо станции | the train dashed through the station |
| prop.&figur. | пролететь мимо | overshoot (overshoot the target // We overshot the stop sign – мы пролетели знак "стоп" 4uzhoj) |
| hockey. | пролететь мимо | elude (Holden's wrist shot from the right point grazed David Krejci's glove and changed directions before eluding Rask at 15:09 to tie it 1-1. VLZ_58) |
| amer. | пролететь мимо | buzz (Earth may be buzzed by an asteroid in March Val_Ships) |
| avia. | пролететь мимо | fly past (A remarkable air traffic control recording from late last month features the moment when a puzzled pilot reports that a thirty-foot-tall triangular object just flew past his aircraft. The strange incident reportedly occurred on December 20th during a flight from Pittsburgh to Maryland.  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| Makarov. | пролететь мимо рта | pass someone by |
| Makarov. | пролететь мимо цели | overshoot a target |
| gen. | пролететь мимо цели | overshoot (о пуле) |
| mil. | пуля, пролетевшая мимо цели | over |
| gen. | пуля пролетела мимо | the bullet missed |
| Makarov. | пуля пролетела мимо него в нескольких дюймах | the bullet missed him by inches |
| astronaut. | ракета, пролетевшая мимо цели | abortive missile |
| mil. | снаряд, пролетевший мимо цели | over |
| gen. | стрела пролетела мимо цели | the arrow fell off the mark |
