غاب القط، إلعب يا فار
South Levantine Arabic
Proverb
غاب القطّ، إلعب يا فار • (ḡāb il-qoṭṭ, ʾilʕab ya fār)
- when the cat's away, the mice will play[1]
References
- J. Elihay (2012) The Olive Tree Dictionary: A Transliterated dictionary of Conversational Eastern Arabic, Minerva Publishing House, →ISBN, page 439