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Hi this is Tutor Nick P this is Proverbs 123. The proverb today is when
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the cat is away the mice will play. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here.
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The proverb could also be rephrased so it means you could phrase it another way
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with while instead of when. . So you could either say when the cat is away the mice
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will play or while the cat is away the mice will play. So both are considered to
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be acceptable. All right. Let's continue . The proverb basically means that if
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someone in authority you know, a boss, supervisor, manager. Somebody like that.
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He's not around to watch over the workers or the subordinates. Subordinates
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you know, people that are below him or under him. They will do as they please.
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You know, maybe they'll just you know, fool around, take it easy.
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maybe not work as hard. That's what ... that's basically what the proverb means.
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All right. Let's continue. Let's look at a couple of examples we have here . Example
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number one. MR. Jones is the boss and he could go home earlier. Yeah. He's the boss
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go home anytime he wants. But anytime he did that in the past, he feared and his
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workers would slouch off. You know, just kind of take it easy.
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Relax not work as hard you know, be be lazier. Basically, he believes in the
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old proverb. When the cat is away the mice will play.
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Yeah. So this is just how we might hear it used.
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All right. Let's continue. Number two, Number two is an a/b part. So A says her teenage son
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threw a wild party at our house while Jenny was on an overseas trip. So yeah.
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Maybe Jenny's one of their co-workers. Maybe
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she went overseas. I don't know maybe, maybe the parents went. Maybe the parents
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went together. Or maybe , maybe Jenny's a single mother now. I don't know but she
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trusted her son. She thought he will be okay. He could take care of himself.
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But you know, little did she know that maybe while she was away. He was
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throwing wild parties with his friends. You know at the house. So that's what we
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mean. That's, that's the way it's used here. So B says I'm not surprised.
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While the cat is away the mice will play. Yeah. So that's just how we will use it.
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Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it . I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.
