| English | Russian |
| if it's free, it can't be any good | что ничего не стоит, то не представляет никакой ценности (Andrey Truhachev) |
| it is good fish if it were but caught | хороша Маша, да не наша (said (often: with a humorous envy or ironically) to mean: this good thing (or this beautiful girl) belongs neither to me nor to you: it is somebody else's property though it is very good) |
| it's a good horse that never stumbles | конь о четырёх ногах, да и то спотыкается |
| it's a good riddance | баба с воза, кобыле легче |
| it's an ill wind that blows any good | нет худа без добра |
| it's an ill wind that blows no good | не бывать бы счастью, да несчастье помогло |
| it's an ill wind that blows no one any good | чума на три двора |
| it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good | нет худа без добра (Anglophile) |
| it's an ill wind that blows nobody good | не бывать бы счастью, да несчастье помогло |
| it's an ill wind that blows nobody good | нет худа без добра |
| it's an ill wind that turns none to good | нет худа без добра |
| it's best to get unpleasant things over and done with. | лучше ужасный конец, чем ужас без конца (Andrey Truhachev) |
| it's good to have mustard in time, not after dinner | дорога ложка к обеду (contrast: after dinner (or meat), mustard. after death, the doctor. slow help is no help. when the house is burned down, you bring water. when a thing is done, advice comes too late. Used to mean: that is good what is in time) |
| it's sure to come good | Господь не выдаст, свинья не съест |
| it's sure to come good | Бог не выдаст, свинья не съест |
| it's too good to be true | твоими бы устами да мёд пить (used (sometimes: ironically) to express one's gratitude for someone's prediction and/or one's doubt that everything would be fine) |
| it's too good to be true | твоими бы устами мёд пить (used (sometimes: ironically) to express one's gratitude for someone's prediction and/or one's doubt that everything would be fine) |
| it's too good to be true | вашими бы устами да мёд пить (used (sometimes: ironically) to express one's gratitude for someone's prediction and/or one's doubt that everything would be fine) |
| it's too good to be true | вашими бы устами мёд пить (used (sometimes: ironically) to express one's gratitude for someone's prediction and/or one's doubt that everything would be fine) |
