when the cat's away, the mice will play
без кота мышам раздолье
When the mother left the room, the children began to make a lot of noise. When the cat's away, the mice will play.
Другие идиомы:
- look like something the cat dragged in
- as nervous as a cat
- rat race
- fraidy-cat
- have bats in one's belfry
- cat gets one's tongue
- best-laid plans of mice and men
- as poor as a church mouse
- curiosity killed the cat
- there is more than one way to skin a cat
- like a bat out of hell
- play cat and mouse with (someone)
- rat out on (someone)
- fight like cats and dogs
- as blind as a bat