| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | cross a line in the sand | пройти точку невозврата (Together, we have crossed a line in the sand Taras) |
| proverb | draw a line in the sand | дать зарок (SergeiAstrashevsky) |
| proverb | draw a line in the sand | заречься (SergeiAstrashevsky) |
| idiom. | Draw a line in the sand | поставить ультиматум (to create or declare an artificial boundary and imply that crossing it will cause trouble.  thefreedictionary.com Pooh) |
| idiom. | draw a line in the sand | обозначать свою позицию (Obama generally starts talking tough only to draw a line in the sand, erase it and then keep conceding ground to his opponents until they get most of what they want. iVictorr) |
| gen. | Draw a line in the sand | определить ожидаемые результаты (fluent) |
| idiom. | line in the sand | точка невозврата (fa158) |
| idiom. | line in the sand | критическая черта (fa158) |
| idiom. | line in the sand | красная линия (Line in the sand is an idiom, a metaphorical (sometimes literal) point beyond which no further advance will be accepted or made. • This is the line in the sand. We can’t allow this as it will destroy neighbourhoods across the city and make them more dangerous. (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | line in the sand | рубеж (idiomatic) a defining moment, a cutoff point. WT. a temporary boundary marker which is not to be crossed and which if erased can be redrawn dictionary.com Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | line in the sand | достигнутая точка, выше которой не подняться (переносное значение Amica_S) |