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| Subject | English | Russian |
| ironic. | have a peculiar way with words | говорить своеобразно (Как показывает следующий пример, "своеобразно" употребляется в значении косноязычно: President George W. Bush had a peculiar way with words. He was relentlessly mocked for saying of al-Qaeda et al., "They hate our freedoms – our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other," which was soon reduced to "They hate us for our freedoms" and held up for scorn. VLZ_58) |
| gen. | have a way with words | язык хорошо подвешен (Dave has such a way with words that his staff does everything he tells them to do Taras) |
| Gruzovik, fig. | have a way with words | не лезть в карман за словом |
| gen. | have a way with words | иметь подвешенный язык (to have talent in the effective or stylish use of words: Ask Perry to make the announcement. He has a way with words; тж. см. have the gift of the gab Taras) |
| idiom. | have a way with words | быть красноречивым (VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | have a way with words | обладать красноречием (отличаться VLZ_58) |
| gen. | have a way with words | не лезть в карман за словом |
| gen. | have a way with words | обладать даром красноречия (Liv Bliss) |
| gen. | have a way with words | не лезть за словом в карман (Anglophile) |
| amer. | have way with words | быть красноречивым (Val_Ships) |