English Explanatory Dictionary

when the cat's away

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Ellipsis of when the cat's away, the mice will play.

Word forms

when the cat's away

Etymology

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

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