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:
- play cat and mouse with (someone)
- let the cat out of the bag
- as quiet as a mouse
- alley cat
- have bats in one's belfry
- as conceited as a barber's cat
- rat out on (someone)
- rat race
- rain cats and dogs
- put the cat among the pigeons
- fight like cats and dogs
- as weak as a kitten
- look like something the cat dragged in
- as blind as a bat
- scaredy-cat