| Subject | Russian | English |
| proverb | недосол на столе, а пересол на спине | not enough salt is hardly a fault, but too much salt is a cook's fault |
| proverb | недосол на столе, а пересол на спине | salt cooks bear blame, but fresh bear shame (said (often: in good humour) when there is either too much or too little salt in one's meal) |
| proverb | недосол на столе, пересол на спине | not enough salt is hardly a fault, but too much salt is a cook's fault |
| Gruzovik, proverb | недосол на столе, пересол на спине | better too little than too much |
| proverb | недосол на столе, пересол на спине | salt cooks bear blame, but fresh bear shame (said (often: in good humour) when there is either too much or too little salt in one's meal) |
