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:
- there is more than one way to skin a cat
- as nervous as a cat
- cat on a hot tin roof
- cat nap
- as quiet as a mouse
- like a bat out of hell
- play cat and mouse with (someone)
- curiosity killed the cat
- scaredy-cat
- as blind as a bat
- not enough room to swing a cat
- as poor as a church mouse
- best-laid plans of mice and men
- let the cat out of the bag
- cat gets one's tongue