| English | Russian |
| a burden of one's choice is not felt | своя ноша не тянет |
| a burden of one's own choice is not felt | своя ноша не тянет |
| a burden of one's own choice is not felt | груз, который выбрал сам, несёшь не ощущая |
| a burden of one's own choice is not felt | в своей сермяжке никому не тяжко |
| a burden of one's own choice is not felt | своя ноша не тянет (дословно: Груз, который сам выбрал, несёшь не чувствуя) |
| a burden of one's own choice is not felt the burden one likes is cheerfully borne | своя ноша не тянет (what a person carries or does for oneself never seems to be too heavy or unpleasant. Contrast: too much breaks the bag. It is good trying the sack before it be full. Take no more on you than you're able to bear) |
| burden of one's own choice is not felt | своя ноша не тянет |
| burden of one's own choice is not felt | груз, который сам выбрал, несёшь не чувствуя |
| choice of the end covers choice of the means | цель оправдывает средства |
| Make a choice. You mustn't have two things | один пирог два раза не съешь (АБ) |
| there is little choice in a barrel of rotten apples | хрен редьки не слаще (VLZ_58) |
| there is small choice in rotten apples | хрен редьки не слаще (there is little difference between two equally upleasant things, phenomena, persons; that's just as bad) |
| there is small choice in rotten apples | на безрыбье и рак рыба |
| there is small choice in rotten apples | выбирать тут не из чего |
| when a man becomes your fate, to make a choice is too late | суженого конём не объедешь |
| when a man becomes your fate, to make a choice is too late | суженого и конём не объедешь |
| when a man becomes your fate, to make a choice is too late | суженого и на коне не объедешь |
| when a man becomes your fate, to make a choice is too late | суженого на коне не объедешь |
