The Economic Times

Best German proverb of the day: When the cats away, the mice will play a life lesson on what people do when no one is watching

Best German Proverb of the Day: When the cats away, the mice will play describes what can happen when supervision or authority disappears. The German proverb uses the playful image of mice celebrating in a cats absence to explain how people may relax rules, test boundaries or behave differently when those normally responsible for enforcing expectations are no longer present.