when the cat's away

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An ellipsis (anapodoton) of when the cat's away, the mice will play.

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 天高皇帝遠 /天高皇帝远 (tiāngāo huángdìyuǎn) — People take advantage of the absence of authority
• Czech: když je kocour pryč (elipsis of Když je kcour pryč, myši mají pré.) — People take advantage of the absence of authority
• Dutch: als de kat van huis is — People take advantage of the absence of authority
• Finnish: kun kissa on poissa — People take advantage of the absence of authority
• French: quand le chat n'est pas là — People take advantage of the absence of authority
• German: ist die Katze aus dem Haus — People take advantage of the absence of authority
• Polish: jak kota nie ma w domu, myszy harcują — People take advantage of the absence of authority
• Portuguese: quando o gato não está — People take advantage of the absence of authority
• Russian: без кота́ мыша́м раздо́лье (bez kotá myšám razdólʹje) — People take advantage of the absence of authority
• Serbo-Croatian: где мачке нема — People take advantage of the absence of authority
• Spanish: cuando el gato duerme, bailan los ratones — People take advantage of the absence of authority
• Swedish: när katten är borta, dansar råttorna på bordet — People take advantage of the absence of authority