| English | Russian |
| be not quite up to snuff | не совсем устраивать (We realised the existing options just weren't quite up to snuff. – не совсем нас устраивали ART Vancouver) |
| but that's not to say | но это не значит, что (VLZ_58) |
| it is not at all a stretch of the imagination to think that | не будет вольностью предположить, что (While there is no proof of a nuts-and-bolts UFO in the skies over the America-Canada border area on the afternoon of the 12th February 1954, given what we know of such incidents, including just how many UFO sightings take place in the state of Washington, it is not at all a stretch of the imagination to think that what ultimately led the young man to his death that morning was an “intercept” mission as opposed to pilot error on an instrument checking mission. (ufoinsight.com) • Так что не будет вольностью предположить, что в каких-нибудь архивах дальних стран можно будет найти и имя владельца этой загородной резиденции. (из рус. источников) ART Vancouver) |
| it was not meant to be | не судьба (spelled) |
| it's not to be sneezed at | это вам не фунт изюму (Andrey Truhachev) |
| it's not to be sneezed at | это тебе не фунт изюму (Andrey Truhachev) |
| it's not to be sneezed at | не фунт изюму (Andrey Truhachev) |
| not all it's cracked up to be | не так, как предполагалось (jouris-t) |
| not all it's cracked up to be | не то, что об этом думают (jouris-t) |
| not all it's cracked up to be | не всё так сладко (kirobite) |
| not be able to make head or tail of | не мочь разобраться в (used with a negative) to attempt to understand (a problem, etc): He couldn't make head or tail of the case. В.И.Макаров) |
| not be able to make head or tail of | не смыслить ни уха ни рыла (Нора Галь z484z) |
| not be able to make head or tail of something | не смыслить ни уха, ни рыла (Lana Falcon) |
| not be able to make heads or tails of | не понимать, что происходит (jouris-t) |
| not be able to make heads or tails of | быть в растерянности (jouris-t) |
| not to be born yesterday | не лаптем щи хлебать (Taras) |
| not to be born yesterday | рысь битая (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| not to be born yesterday | стреляный воробей (Taras) |
| not to be had for love or money | ни за какие коврижки |
| not to be just out of the trees | не лаптем щи хлебать ("Мы ведь там у себя (в провинции) тоже не лаптем щи хлебаем. Кое-что сами соображаем" – "You know, even out in the provinces we're not just out of the trees... We're capable of understanding things for ourselves" Taras) |
| old birds are not to be caught with a chaff | стреляного воробья на мякине не проведёшь (bodchik) |
| that's not up to me | моё дело маленькое (Taras) |
| there's too much smoke not to be fire | нет дыма без огня (Trump and his staff have already shown a great propensity for covering up and there's just too much smoke not to be fire. Unicorn) |
| we are not just sitting around and waiting for the business to be great | фирма веников не вяжет (Taras) |
| when you feel that you are jealous, try to remain calm. Do not start a fight and create a scene | когда вы испытываете чувство ревности, старайтесь сохранять спокойствие. Не начинайте ссору и не устраивайте сцену (Alexey Lebedev) |
| would be glad to get to paradise but the blames do not allow it | рад бы в рай – да грехи не пускают (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
