| English | Russian |
| a word is like a bird -- once it has flown from your mouth, you can never get it back | слово не воробей, вылетит – не поймаешь |
| all you can eat | шведский стол ("One night we also found all you can eat pizza which was seen as a challenge. We ended up going through 26slices between us and almost every slice was a different variety!"  org.uk inyazserg) |
| can I get you a refill? | Вам налить ещё кофе? (Americans refill drinks, the British top them up. In the UK, the common American experience of (orig. and chiefly AmE) bottomless coffee (i.e. free refills) is not common at all, but in the US, the (AmE, often jocular) waitron will flit from table to table, coffee pot in hand, asking "Can I get you a refill?" or "Can I warm that up for you"? If this were to happen in the UK, it would be most natural to ask if the customer would like a top-up. blogspot.com 4uzhoj) |
| can you beat that! | Можете себе представить что-либо подобное! (Bobrovska) |
| can you beat that! | вот так так! (Bobrovska) |
| can you spare a cigarette | есть сигарета (snowleopard) |
| can you spare a cigarette | курить есть (snowleopard) |
| don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today | не откладывай на завтра то, что можно сделать сегодня |
| don't start what you can't finish | взялся за гуж, не говори, что не дюж (Maggie) |
| you can bring the horse to water, but you can't make him drink | можно пригнать коня на водопой, но пить его не заставишь |
| you can bunk with us | ты можешь переночевать у нас (figure of speech Val_Ships) |
| you can pull it off | ты справишься с этим (diva808) |
| you can say that again! | это точно! (ART Vancouver) |
| you can shove it? | засунь это знаешь куда? (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| you can't put it in the bank | из спасиба шубу не сошьёшь |
