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:
- have bats in one's belfry
- rat out on (someone)
- as poor as a church mouse
- as nervous as a cat
- like a bat out of hell
- not enough room to swing a cat
- fight like cats and dogs
- cat gets one's tongue
- let the cat out of the bag
- best-laid plans of mice and men
- as conceited as a barber's cat
- rain cats and dogs
- cat on a hot tin roof
- as blind as a bat
- as quiet as a mouse