| Russian | English |
| быть тем, чем нужно | fit the bill (Can't wait to start riding your motorcycle? Then why not do it with a fantastic helmet that protects you, looks great and fits comfortably. The Scorpion EXO-490 fits the bill perfectly. В.И.Макаров) |
| довольствоваться тем, что есть | take pot luck (4uzhoj) |
| довольствоваться тем, что есть, за неимением лучшего | scrape the bottom of the barrel (to select from among the worst; to choose from what is left over; to use the worst people or things because that is all that is available Fidelia) |
| не удовлетворяться тем, что имеешь | push one's luck (jouris-t) |
| смириться с тем, что | come to terms with (After she told her mother on a visit that she was living with Baird, her father wrote her a stern letter, condemning the relationship. Sims replied, telling her parents that they had to come to terms with Tony being an extremely important part of her life. For the next six months she had no contact with her parents.  wikipedia.org ART Vancouver) |
| уже не тот, что был раньше | past prime (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| чем больше, тем дешевле | cheaper by the dozen (VLZ_58) |
| чем больше шкаф, тем громче он падает | the bigger they are, the better they fall (Dominator_Salvator) |
| чем больше шкаф, тем громче падает! | the bigger they are, the harder they fall! |
| чем дальше в лес, тем больше дров | can of worms (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| чем дальше, тем хуже | can of worms (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| чёрт-те что и сбоку бантик | all my eye and Betty Martin (устар. Баян) |
