| Subject | English | Russian |
| proverb | a off on the old tune again? you are harping on the same string | заладила сорока Якова (said to or about a person who stubbornly repeats certain statements over and over again, which is boring to others) |
| proverb | a off on the old tune again? you are harping on the same string | затвердила сорока Якова (said to or about a person who stubbornly repeats certain statements over and over again, which is boring to others) |
| proverb | a off on the old tune again? you are harping on the same string | затвердила сорока Якова одно про всякого (said to or about a person who stubbornly repeats certain statements over and over again, which is boring to others) |
| proverb | a off on the old tune again? you are harping on the same string | заладила сорока Якова одно про всякого (said to or about a person who stubbornly repeats certain statements over and over again, which is boring to others) |
| amer. | have on-again, off-again thing | сходиться и расходиться (They had this on-again, off-again thing Taras) |
| gen. | he is off again, on again about it | у него семь пятниц на неделе |
| Makarov. | I could hear Father sounding off on his favourite subject again | я услышал, как отец снова начал говорить на свою любимую тему |
| gen. | off again on again | нерешительный |
| gen. | off again on again | неуверенный |
| gen. | off again on again | колеблющийся |
| gen. | off-again on-again | колеблющийся |
| gen. | off-again on-again | нерешительный |
| gen. | off-again on-again | неуверенный |
| inf. | off-and-on-again relationship | отношения с постоянными расставаниями и примирениями (Самурай) |
| gen. | on again off again | колеблющийся |
| gen. | on again off again | незавершённый |
| gen. | on again off again | нерешаемый |
| gen. | on again off again | откладываемый |
| oil.lubr. | on again, off again | вверх-вниз (Найденовка) |
| gen. | on again off again | нерешительный |
| gen. | on again off again | нерегулярный |
| gen. | on again off again | то накаляющийся/разгорающийся, то затухающий (Tanya Gesse) |
| gen. | on-again, off-again | периодический (Meanwhile, his on-again, off-again nemesis, tycoon and political-dabbler Mikhail Prokhorov – who was on track to create such a party until stopped by the Kremlin – predicted the collapse of the regime within five years. TMT Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | on-again off-again plans | планы, которые вот-вот должны быть приняты |
| media. | on-again off-again support | непостоянная поддержка (bigmaxus) |
| gen. | on-again-off-again | колеблющийся |
| gen. | on-again-off-again | незавершённый |
| gen. | on-again-off-again | нерешаемый |
| gen. | on-again-off-again | откладываемый |
| gen. | on-again-off-again | нерешительный |
| gen. | on-again-off-again | с перерывами (markovka) |
| gen. | on-again-off-again | нерегулярный (a) |
| gen. | on-again-off-again plans | непродуманные планы |
| gen. | on-again-off-again plans | сырые планы |
| gen. | put off one's shoes and put them on again | переобуваться (Meduza) |
| Makarov. | she could hear Father sounding off on his favourite subject again | она услышала, как отец снова начал распространяться на свою любимую тему |
| Makarov. | she is off on a tear again | она снова загуляла |
| construct. | the power consumption factor takes into account on-again-off-again operation of the plant, different load per shifts | Коэффициент энергоиспользования учитывает неритмичность работы предприятия, различную загрузку по сменам, сезонные колебания нагрузки, работу в праздничные дни |
