| English | Russian |
| curst cows have cut horns, God sends a curst cow short horns | бодливой корове Бог рогов не даёт |
| god sends a curst cow short horns | бодливой корове Бог рогов не даёт |
| send a fool far and a fool he will return again | пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to France and a fool he will return again | пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибет (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | пошли дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | научи дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again | заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| send not a cat for lard | пустить лису в курятник |
| send not a cat for lard | пустить волка в овчарню |
| send not for a hatchet to break open an egg with | орлом комара не травят (igisheva) |
| send not for a hatchet to break open an egg with | за мухой не с обухом, за комаром не с топором (igisheva) |
| send not for a hatchet to break open an egg with | за мухой – не с обухом, за комаром – не с кнутом (igisheva) |
| send not for a hatchet to break open an egg with | за мухой не угоняешься с обухом (igisheva) |
| send not for a hatchet to break open an egg with | за мухой не с обухом, за комаром не с кнутом (igisheva) |
| send not for a hatchet to break open an egg with | из пушки по воробьям не стреляют (igisheva) |
| send somebody on a fool's errand | дать бессмысленное поручение |
| send up a trial balloon | пробный шар |
| where the devil cannot come, he will send a woman. | где чёрт не сладит, туда бабу пошлет (Helene2008) |
