Mariner, her stomach upturned.

Riker, approaching a swivel chair.

Not Russian, but 35 years ago there was a widely repeated translation joke: The slogan "come alive with the Pepsi generation" was translated into Chinese, but it literally meant "Pepsi revives your dead ancestors."

That example may be apocryphal, but translations are interesting. It's something to be mindful of when talking with otherwise fluent ESL people.

I had a very intelligent and fluent coworker who knew the English phrase "to shag" from the Austin Powers movies. She completely misinterpreted the meaning of "a shag carpet," though. It was so funny (and came up so infrequently) that no one ever corrected her.

I know that in general, proverbs are difficult to translate because they assume a lot of cultural knowledge to convey their idea.

Like if I say to you "bird in the hand", you'll understand that I'm referencing the notion that there's value to a sure thing that can outweigh the value of potentially having more.

If you ever watch a UN speech, the translators sometimes pause for a bit to figure out how to convey not just the literal words, but also the meaning and the meaning in context.

• onion sorrow
• the horse did not roll
• There are elderberries in the kitchen garden, and your uncle in Kiev

No, but have some Lithuanian ones.

Don’t spit in a well as one day you may drink from it.

Bend the tree while it is young.

Flax is not yet sown and they are already weaving the linen.

You will know a horse by his teeth and a man by his talk.

God gave teeth, God will provide the bread.

Cat stroking leads to hump raising.

Old love does not rust.

The shoemaker is always barefoot.

Whatever you do, do it well.

There is no medicine that can cure stupidity.

Well begun, is half done.

Idioms

Spoons after supper

hang noodles on the ears

like a fifth leg for a dog

don’t say ‘wheee’ before jumping over the ditch

sitting like they were just kissed

walking like they just sold the land

catch the corner

my roof is riding away

it’s a fact like a pancake

to pour from an empty container into a leaky one

go and visit the dwarves

like a finger in the eye

it left on the dog’s tail

cutting a mushroom

to shepherd the eyes

wrap words in cotton wool

to leave someone on ice

show the goats

to clarify a relationship

Not Russian but.

Stick in the eye to the one who remembers the old.

Spring of pussies.

Not all the Moomins are in the valley.

Not OP but I got curious and found a whole section on Wikiquote devoted to Russian proverbs. Here's one example:

Transliteration: Artelnyi gorshok gusche kipit.

Translation: Artisanal pots boil (things) more thickly

English Equivalent: Many hands make light work.

It's kind of hurting my brain.

In last season of "The Boy" one of the characters used a russian proverb "Trust but verify" and I learned that it was popularized in USA by Ronald Reagan.

Riker, his beard shaved.

https://youtu.be/Zs13fJuP0F4?t=3050

Neil degrasse Tyson, hands in air!