| English | Russian |
| day and night are quick in flight | день да ночь – сутки прочь |
| day and night are quick in flight | день да ночь, и сутки прочь |
| friday night's dream on the saturday told, is sure to come true be it never so old | вашими бы устами да мёд пить |
| friday night's dream on the saturday told, is sure to come true be it never so old | твоими бы устами да мёд пить |
| friday night's dream on the saturday told, is sure to come true be it never so old | твоими бы устами мёд пить |
| friday night's dream on the saturday told, is sure to come true be it never so old | вашими бы устами мёд пить |
| from night to morning | от зари до зари (трудиться, работать, пр.) |
| night brings counsel | утро вечера мудрёнее |
| red sky at night shepherds delight | если небо красно к вечеру, моряку бояться нечего |
| the cuckoo that sings at night is the loudest cuckoo all right | ночная кукушка денную перекукует |
| the cuckoo that sings at night is the loudest cuckoo all right | ночная кукушка дневную перекукует |
| the darker the night, the brighter the light | чем гуще мрак, тем ярче свет |
| the night cuckoo would outcuckoo any day cuckoo | ночная кукушка денную перекукует (a wife has more opportunities than other people of convincing her man of what he has to do and what he must not) |
| the night cuckoo would outcuckoo any day cuckoo | ночная кукушка дневную перекукует (a wife has more opportunities than other people of convincing her man of what he has to do and what he must not) |
| there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip п when a pauper gets married at last, even the night goes too fast | бедному жениться и ночь коротка |
| what is done by night appears by day | что сделано ночью, становится видно днём (Taras) |
| what is done by night appears by day | всё тайное становится явным |
| what is done by night appears by day | что сделано ночью, становится видно днем (смысл: все тайное становится явным) |
| what is done by night appears by day | что сделано ночью, то днём видно будет |
