A servant is known by his master's absence.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Big fish eat little fish.
- The dogs bark but the caravan goes on.
- Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
- The darkest place is under the candlestick.
- If you cannot bite never show your teeth.
- Lean liberty is better than fat slavery.
- Better die with honour than live with shame.
- Might goes before right.
- Whether the pitcher strikes the stone or the stone strikes the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher.
- There is no arguing with a large fist.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Murilego mures fiunt absente rebelles.
Murilego mice become rebellious in their absence.
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Sceptra gerunt mures, ubi cattum non habet aedes.
Mice carry scepters where cats have no home.
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Mus debaccatur, ubi catus non dominatur.
The mouse is defeated, where the cat does not dominate.
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Quo non versantur catti, mures dominantur.
Where the cats are not involved, the mice dominate.
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Dum vult dormire catus, vult mus resilire.
While the cat wants to sleep, the mouse wants to bounce.
French
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Le chat parti, les souris dansent.
With the cat gone, the mice dance.
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Absent le chat, les souris dansent.
The cat's away, the mice are dancing.
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Voyages de maîtres, noces de valets.
Master journeys, servant weddings.
German
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Katze aus dem Haus, rührt sich die Maus.
Cat out of the house, the mouse stirs.
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Wenn die Katze fort ist, tanzen die Mäuse.
When the cat is away, the mice dance.
Czech
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Když není kocour doma, myši mají pré.
When the cat's not at home, the mice have a premium.
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Když lev spí, po hřbetě mu myši a lasice běhají.
When the lion sleeps, mice and weasels run on his back.