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:
- as poor as a church mouse
- curiosity killed the cat
- alley cat
- look like something the cat dragged in
- cat on a hot tin roof
- not enough room to swing a cat
- rat race
- cat gets one's tongue
- as nervous as a cat
- as blind as a bat
- let the cat out of the bag
- rat out on (someone)
- have bats in one's belfry
- like a bat out of hell
- as conceited as a barber's cat