Kad mačke nema, miševi kolo vode.
“When the cat is away, the mice dance.”
People act freely, and sometimes mischievously, once authority is absent.
— Traditional Bosnia & Herzegovina Wisdom, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Source: Traditional Bosnia & Herzegovina proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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