ngatia ciathiĩ hiti cĩeragara

Kikuyu

Proverb

ngatia ciathiĩ hiti cĩeragara[1]

  1. when the cat's away, the mice will play (lit. when lions have gone, hyenas dance)

Synonyms

References
  1. Barra, G. (1960). 1,000 Kikuyu proverbs: with translations and English equivalents, p. 86. London: Macmillan.
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