Word.ws English Dictionary

when the cat's away the mice will play in Persian

در خانه کسی که گربه نباشد موش کدخداست

when the cat's away the mice will play in Persian: در خانه کسی که گربه نباشد موش کدخداست. In English, when the cat's away the mice will play means in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.

Persian words for when the cat's away the mice will play

in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances
در خانه کسی که گربه نباشد موش کدخداست

English meaning of when the cat's away the mice will play

  1. proverb In the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.

Full definition of when the cat's away the mice will play

when the cat's away the mice will play in other languages

Questions about when the cat's away the mice will play in Persian

What is the meaning of when the cat's away the mice will play in Persian?
When the cat's away the mice will play in Persian is در خانه کسی که گربه نباشد موش کدخداست.
معنی when the cat's away the mice will play چیست؟
When the cat's away the mice will play: در خانه کسی که گربه نباشد موش کدخداست.
What does when the cat's away the mice will play mean in English?
When the cat's away the mice will play means in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: when the cat's away the mice will play (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-when the cat's away the mice will play.wav.

Cite this page: “when the cat's away the mice will play meaning in Persian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/persian/when_the_cat%27s_away_the_mice_will_play. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.