без кота мышам раздолье

Russian

Etymology

Literally, “without the cat, it’s freedom to the mice”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪs‿kɐˈta mɨˈʂam rɐzˈdolʲje]
  • Audio (Saint Petersburg):(file)

Proverb

без кота́ мыша́м раздо́лье • (bez kotá myšám razdólʹje)

  1. when the cat's away the mice will play
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.