| English | Russian |
| a good reputation is never heard, but a bad name is broadcast far and wide | добрая слава лежит, а дурная по дорожке бежит |
| an apple doesn't fall far from the tree | яблоко от яблони недалеко падает (Russian idiom Alex Lilo) |
| as far as? | до каких пор? |
| as far as here | до этих пор |
| better by far a widow be than a wife whose man's away at sea | жена без мужа – вдовы хуже |
| blue are the hills that are far from us | там хорошо, где нас нет (contrast: who leaves the old way for the new, will find himself deceived. better the devil you know than the devil you don't know) |
| blue are the hills that are far from us | везде хорошо, где нас нет (contrast: who leaves the old way for the new, will find himself deceived. better the devil you know than the devil you don't know) |
| blue are the hills that are far from us | хорошо там, где нас нет (contrast: who leaves the old way for the new, will find himself deceived. better the devil you know than the devil you don't know) |
| far from eye, far from heart | с глаз долой – из сердца вон |
| far from eye, far from heart | с глаз долой, из сердца вон |
| far from eye, far from heart | с глаз долой-из сердца вон |
| go far | пойти далеко |
| go too far | далеко зайти |
| go too far | далеко заходить |
| God is too high from here and the Tzar is too far to hear. | до Бога высоко, до царя далеко |
| God is too high from here and the Tzar is too far to hear. | царь далеко, а бог высоко (Супру) |
| how near, and yet, so far! | ближе локоть, да не укусишь |
| how near, and yet, so far! | близок локоть, да не укусишь |
| little is the light will be seen far in a mirk night | мал золотник, да дорог |
| one cannot get far away from the burden and heat of the day | тяжела ты, шапка Мономаха! |
| send a fool far and a fool he will return again | пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| so far, so good | все довольны, все смеются (Viacheslav Volkov) |
| so near and yet so far | видит око, да зуб неймет (Anglophile) |
| so near and yet so far | близок локоть, да не укусишь (Anglophile) |
| soft and fair goes far | ласковое слово не трудно, да споро |
| the apple doesn't fall far from the tree | яблоко от яблони недалеко падает (Russian idiom Alex Lilo) |
| the apple never falls far from the tree | яблочко от яблоньки недалеко падает |
| the apple never falls far from the tree | яблоко от яблони недалеко падает |
