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| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | try as you might | сделай всё возможное (Once again, an annoying coworker will attempt to ruin your day. Try as you might to let this colleague's grating behavior roll off your back. VLZ_58) |
| gen. | try as you might | как бы вы ни старались (Try as you might to pick correctly, you could make a mistake. VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | try as you might | сколько ни пытайся (something you can't get rid of try as you might Баян) |
| idiom. | try as you might | хоть тресни (Take away the drugs, and she was pretty close to being the perfect girl. Problem was, try as you might, you couldn’t take the drugs away. Abysslooker) |
| gen. | you can't find ... try as you might | днём с огнём не сыскать (Lenochkadpr) |
| gen. | you might just as well talk to a brick wall as try to talk to him | с ним говорить – всё равно, что горох об стену |