| English | Russian |
| give me a firm spot on which to stand, and I will move the earth | дайте мне точку опоры, и я переверну землю (Archimedes; Архимед) |
| he was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again | он человек в полном смысле слова, мне не найти другого такого |
| I am a poor hand of advice | я не мастер давать советы (Johnny Bravo) |
| I believe the science is simple, being myself a simple man | я верю, что наука проста, ибо она доступна даже простому смертному |
| I can not afford to keep a conscience | я не настолько богат, чтобы содержать свою совесть |
| I can't find a common language with you | ты ему про Фому, а он про Ерёму (used (often: ironically or angrily) to point to someone's strange behavior which is an attempt not to speak on a certain (raised) topic and speak about something quite different instead) |
| I can't find a common language with you | я ему про Фому, а он про Ерёму (used (often: ironically or angrily) to point to someone's strange behavior which is an attempt not to speak on a certain (raised) topic and speak about something quite different instead) |
| I can't find a common language with you | ей про Фому, а она про Ерёму (used (often: ironically or angrily) to point to someone's strange behavior which is an attempt not to speak on a certain (raised) topic and speak about something quite different instead) |
| I can't find a common tongue with you | я ему про Фому, а он про Ерёму |
| I can't find a common tongue with you | ей про Фому, а она про Ерёму |
| I can't find a common tongue with you | ты ему про Фому, а он про Ерёму |
| I can't find a common tongue with you | дед про юшку, баба про петрушку (alexandra11) |
| I follow the worse a other folks' troubles are easily borne | чужую беду руками разведу (а к своей ума не приложу; but) |
| I had a dream that was not all a dream | мне снился сон, но это был не совсем сон |
| I have a good bow, but it is in the castle | дорого яичко к Великому дню (that is most appreciated that is given or offered when needed and not too late) |
| I have a good bow, but it is in the castle | дорого яичко к Христову дню (that is most appreciated that is given or offered when needed and not too late) |
| I have a good bow, but it is in the castle | дорого яичко к Светлому дню (that is most appreciated that is given or offered when needed and not too late) |
| I know a hawk from a handsaw | видно сокола по полёту |
| I rather would a husband wed with a beetle brow than a beetle head | лучше муж некрасивый, чем муж глупый |
| I will not change a cottage in possession for a kingdom in reversion | не сули журавля в небе, а дай синицу в руки |
| I would want to live and die in Paris if there had not been such a place as Moscow | я хотел бы жить и умереть в Париже, если б не было такой земли-Москва (Владимир Маяковский Olga Okuneva) |
| I'd like to serve, but not to be a servant | служить бы рад, прислуживаться тошно (Грибоедов. Горе от ума Olga Okuneva) |
| it is a proud horse that will not bear his own provender a I've got an eye for such things | свой глаз-алмаз а чужой-стекло |
| it is a proud horse that will not bear his own provender a I've got an eye for such things | свой глаз-алмаз |
| must I tell you a tale and find you ears too? | глухому попы две обедни не служат (contrast: a good tale is none the worse for being twice told. Used as a reply to someone's request to say it again, to repeat it, and means: I do not want to say it twice) |
| must I tell you a tale and find you ears too? | глухому поп двух обеден не служит (contrast: a good tale is none the worse for being twice told. Used as a reply to someone's request to say it again, to repeat it, and means: I do not want to say it twice) |
| must I tell you a tale and find you ears too? | глухому попы двух обеден не служат (contrast: a good tale is none the worse for being twice told. Used as a reply to someone's request to say it again, to repeat it, and means: I do not want to say it twice) |
| must I tell you a tale and find you ears too? | глухому поп две обедни не служит (contrast: a good tale is none the worse for being twice told. Used as a reply to someone's request to say it again, to repeat it, and means: I do not want to say it twice) |
| must I tell you a tale and find you ears too? | слушай ухом, а не брюхом (used as a vulgar and rude piece of advice that someone should listen better) |
| pray for yourself, I am not sick contrast: we are not born for ourselves a every man's shirt is nearest to his own skin | своя рубаха ближе к телу |
| pray for yourself, I am not sick contrast: we are not born for ourselves a every man's shirt is nearest to his own skin | своя рубашка ближе к телу |
| say not the mermaid is a myth, I knew one named Mrs Smith, she stood while playing cards or knitting, mermaids are not equipped for sitting | кто говорит: русалок не бывало? а миссис Смит? Та, что всегда стояла, она бы с удовольствием присела, да не имела важной части тела |
| show me a swamp anywhere and I'll show you the devil there | было бы болото, а черти найдутся (bad people show themselves there where there is a chance to do something bad) |
| stop stitch while I put a needle in | поспешишь – людей насмешишь |
| when I lent I had a friend, when I asked he was unkind | "я богат и, друг мой, рад". – "где должок?" а он – молчок |
