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:
- rat out on (someone)
- have bats in one's belfry
- rain cats and dogs
- as conceited as a barber's cat
- fraidy-cat
- play cat and mouse with (someone)
- fight like cats and dogs
- let the cat out of the bag
- scaredy-cat
- like a bat out of hell
- rat on (someone)
- alley cat
- not enough room to swing a cat
- cat gets one's tongue
- cat nap