| English | Russian |
| a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out | дурак узел завяжет – и умный не развяжет |
| a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out | дурак в воду камень закинет, десятеро умных не вытащат |
| a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out | дурак завяжет-и умный не развяжет (дословно: Дурак в колодец камень закинет-сто умных не вытащат) |
| a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out | умный не всегда развяжет, что глупый завяжет (дословно: Дурак в колодец камень закинет-сто умных не вытащат) |
| a man may love his house well without riding on the ridge | свой дом люби, но о том не кричи |
| don't count out a prison cell, a begging bowl may come as well | от сумы да от тюрьмы не зарекайся |
| don't count out a prison cell, a begging bowl may come as well | от сумы и от тюрьмы не зарекайся |
| don't count out a prison cell, a begging bowl may come as well | от сумы да от тюрьмы не отрекайся |
| don't foul the well, you may need its waters | не плюй в колодец, пригодится воды напиться (Anglophile) |
| don't spit into the well, you may want to drink out of it | не плюй в колодец – пригодится воды напиться |
| fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out | дурак завяжет – и умный не развяжет |
| fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out | умный не всегда развяжет, что глупый завяжет |
| fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out | дурак в колодец камень закинет – сто умных не вытащат |
| one may as well or good be hanged or hung for a sheep as for a lamb | семь бед-один ответ (once one has committed an offence involving punishment, one need not hesitate to commit further offences which will involve no greater penally, let's disregard the regulations, let's do it) |
