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out of mind
vs
when the cat's away the mice will play
out of mind
when the cat's away the mice will play
proverb
In the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.
How often have the words
out of mind
and
when the cat's away the mice will play
occurred in a corpus of books?
(source:
Google Ngram Viewer
)