| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | и надо отдать должное | and we must give credit where credit is due (rechnik) |
| gen. | и надо отдать должное | and we must give credit where it is due (rechnik) |
| polit. | мы хотели бы также отдать должное... за его умелое руководство | we should also like to pay a well deserved tribute to... on his skillful and expert guidance of (bigmaxus) |
| gen. | надо отдать должное | we must give credit where credit is due (rechnik) |
| gen. | надо отдать должное кому-либо | to be fair to smb. (вводное выражение Abysslooker) |
| gen. | надо отдать должное | it is a tribute to (кому-то, чему-то A.Rezvov) |
| gen. | надо отдать должное | we must give credit where it is due (rechnik) |
| gen. | нужно отдать должное | one's credit (used to indicate that something praiseworthy has been achieved, esp. despite difficulties: to her credit, she had never betrayed a confidence Taras) |
| gen. | он отдал должное вашему обеду | he did justice to your dinner |
| gen. | он отдал должное обеду | he did justice to the dinner |
| gen. | отдал должное | paid tribute (French president Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute to Desjoyeaux and his achievement lsavoj) |
| gen. | отдать должное | give it to ("After that 10 minutes I thought we dominated the game, but you've got to give it to their goalie." VLZ_58) |
| gen. | отдать должное | give someone points for (Her choice wasn't that bad so we'll give her points for that Olya34) |
| Makarov. | отдать должное | do justice to someone, to something (кому-либо, чему-либо) |
| Makarov. | отдать должное | render someone his due (кому-либо) |
| inf. | отдать должное | give dues (e.g. to give it its dues Халеев) |
| Makarov. | отдать должное | give someone credit (кому-либо) |
| idiom. | отдать должное | do sb. credit (Some half-hour later, refreshed and strengthened, I opened the envelope, and no wonder the writing had seemed unfamiliar, for it was from Uncle Tom, and he hadn't written to me since I was at my private school, when, to do him credit, he had always enclosed a postal order for five or ten bob. (P.G. Wodehouse) – следует отдать ему должное ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | отдать должное кому-либо | take off one's hat to someone (You have to take off your hat to the person who organized the sporting event Taras) |
| slang | отдать должное | give props to (Liv Bliss) |
| lit. | отдать должное | render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's |
| notar. | отдать должное | pay what is due |
| subl. | отдать должное | pay one's last respects (умершему Александр_10) |
| notar. | отдать должное | pay a debt |
| slang | отдать должное | shoot the works ("Billy shot the works when he bought his bike. He got a bell, a light, a basket, and chrome trimmings on it too". == "Билли получил все, что только было можно: и звонок, и фонарь, и корзина, и хромовая отделка. Повезло ему!" - говорит Джон Мику об удачной покупке велосипеда.) |
| amer. | отдать должное | give someone props (to give someone props is to pay respect, often reluctantly, with newfound appreciation, or with implicit acknowledgement that the respect is long overdue. It's a new noun of American origin, dating from the 1980s, and it was originally short for "proper respect" or "proper recognition". It's usually treated as plural: I've got to give props to Roger for the way he handled that situation Taras) |
| Makarov. | отдать должное | do justice to (кому-либо чему-либо) |
| gen. | отдать должное | credit (Ovechkin credited the Capitals penalty kill, which denied the Flyers on 3-of-4 power-play opportunities. VLZ_58) |
| gen. | отдать должное | pay one's final respects (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | отдать должное | hand it to (We have to hand it to our teacher for being patient and understanding. Нужно отдать должное нашему учителю за терпение и понимание. Andy) |
| gen. | отдать должное | give credit where credit is due (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | отдать должное | give a credit (кому-либо VenoM) |
| gen. | отдать должное | regard (andreevna) |
| gen. | отдать должное | pay tribute (литературн. перевод Caithey) |
| gen. | отдать должное | reward |
| gen. | отдать должное | give credit (to someone; for + gerund/noun; кому-либо ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | отдать должное | give proper respect (alia20) |
| gen. | отдать должное | do justice to (кому-либо, чему-либо) |
| idiom. | отдать должное, когда кто-л. этого заслуживает | give credit where it's due (I've criticized Coun. Hanson before for some of his outrageous remarks, but I give credit where it's due. This is an excellent idea. ART Vancouver) |
| busin. | отдать должное кому следует | give credit where it's due (the acknowledgment should be to the person who deserves it Val_Ships) |
| chess.term. | отдать должное проигравшему | give the loser full credit |
| Makarov. | отдать должное противнику | give the devil his due |
| gen. | отдать должное тому, кто заслужил | credit where credit's due (NumiTorum) |
| amer. | следует отдать должное | have to hand it to (someone – кому-либо) You have to hand it to her – she turned that company around and made it profitable. Val_Ships) |
| amer. | следует отдать должное (кому-либо | have to hand it to (You have to hand it to her – she turned that company around and made it profitable. Val_Ships) |
