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| Russian | English |
| живот свело | knot in one's stomach (And I remember feeling physically sick with a knot in my stomach thinking, "I should give this up, this is just too painful, what am I doing?" Lily Snape) |
| свести кого-либо в гроб | drive someone to his/her grave |
| свести в могилу | do in (Баян) |
| свести что-либо к шутке | make a joke of something |
| свести на нет | cut short (lady_west) |
| свести с ума | drive mad |
| свести счёты | cash in (с кем-либо) She was not ready to leave because she had disliked me for a long time and she was now cashing in Андрей Шагин) |
| свести счёты | put it across (с кем-либо) |
| это меня с ума сведёт | it will drive me demented |