| English | Russian |
| all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players | весь мир – театр, и люди в нём – актёры (W. Shakespeare; У. Шекспир) |
| at the other end of the world | за тридевять земель (жить, находиться; ехать, лететь, пр.) |
| at the world's end | быть, находиться, жить, пр. у чёрта на куличках |
| go up in the world | пойти в гору (of a person) |
| go up in the world | идти в гору (of a person) |
| half the world knows not how the other half lives | одна половина мира не ведает, как живёт другая |
| in the world that are better than these | свет не клином сошёлся (this one; a way out will be found, there are many other things/persons) |
| in the world that are better than these | свет не клином сошёлся (this one) |
| it is love that makes the world go round | миром движет любовь |
| love makes the world go round | для любви нет преград |
| money makes the world go round | деньги правят миром |
| not for anything in the world | ни за что на свете (freq. used with p. v. in fut. with neg.) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | всем угоден не будешь (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | на весь мир мягко не постелешь (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | всем не угодишь (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | и красное солнышко на всех не угождает (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | на весь мир не будешь мил (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | на всех не угодишь (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | на всякий нрав не угодишь (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | на всякое чиханье не наздравствуешься (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | на каждый чих не наздравствуешься (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | на всех угодить – себя истомить (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | на каждое чиханье не наздравствуешься (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | на всякий чих не наздравствуешься (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | на всех угодить себя истомить (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | на весь мир не угодишь (igisheva) |
| one cannot please all the world and his wife | под всякую песню не подпляшешь, под всякие нравы не подладишь (igisheva) |
| the end of the world | хоть на край света пойти, поехать, пр. за кем |
| the end of the world | на край света пойти, поехать, пр. за кем |
| the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world | рука, качающая колыбель, управляет миром |
| the world is a small place | мир тесен |
| the world is a wide parish | свет не клином сошёлся |
| the world is a wide place | свет не клином сошёлся |
| the world is full of rumours | слухом земля полнится |
| the world is large enough | свет не клином сошёлся |
| the world is like a village | мир тесен (букв. "мир – это как деревня" Drozdova) |
| the world is small as we are told, but there are people with hearts of gold | мир не без добрых людей |
| the world is small as we are told, but there are people with hearts of gold | свет не без добрых людей |
| the world is small as we are told, but there are people with hearts of gold | на свете не без добрых людей |
| there is nothing perfect in the world | и на солнце есть пятна (Anglophile) |
| who knows but the world may end tonight? | как знать, а вдруг сегодня рухнет мир? |
