| Subject | Russian | English |
| inf. | да, примерно так | that's about the size of it (used to show your agreement with someone who has said something correct:"So you mean you won't come to the party with me?" "Yes, that's about the size of it." That is the way it is. (Often a response to someone who has acknowledged bad news.) Bob: We only have a few hundred dollars left in the bank. Sally: That means that there isn't enough money for us to go on vacation? Bob: That's about the size of it. Bob: I'm supposed to take this bill to the county clerk's office and pay them four hundred dollars? Sally: That's about the size of it. Bullfinch) |
| gen. | он примерно так и сказал | he said as much |
| lit. | Ответ правительства, напоминающий оправдания провинившегося мальчишки, был сформулирован примерно так: "Мы вообще-то не вмешивались в конфликт, но в любом случае мы имели на это полное право." Всё равно, как если бы шалун оправдывался: "Да нет, сэр, не трогал я вашего варенья, и потом, я думал — оно моё". | The Government's reply, which actually sounded like Billy Bunter, went something like this: 'We weren't really intervening in the dispute, but in any case we were perfectly entitled to do so.' (Here is the Bunter translation: 'Er, sir, it wasn't me who pinched the jam, and anyway I thought the jam was mine.', Sunday Mirror, 1984) |
| gen. | примерно так | that's about right (Interex) |
| gen. | примерно так | or so |
| gen. | примерно так | It goes something like this (bookworm) |
| gen. | примерно так же | about as much (TranslationHelp) |
| gen. | примерно так и должно быть | seems about right ("My wife and I rent a 3-bedroom apartment. We usually set the thermostat at 74F / 23C in winter. We got billed $264 for just November (November 1-30). Is this the normal range?" "Fairly large unit and pretty high thermostat setting. Seems about right." (Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| rhetor. | это примерно так же, как говорят, что | it's like when they say that (theguardian.com Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | я примерно так и думал | I kind of thought so |
