While the cat's away, the mice will play. When the cat's away, the mice will play. People will naturally take advantage of the absence of someone in authority to do as they like: ‘His parents are away for the weekend.’ ‘I see—while the cat’s away.’ However, it rings...

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. If you can’t deal with the pressures and difficulties of a situation, you should leave others to deal with it rather than complaining. As they say, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen, and Peter did...

to reinvent the wheel to waste time learning how to do something when it is already known how to do it: We don't need to reinvent the wheel, we just need to hire someone who already knows how to make the system work. You don't need to reinvent the wheel. Read up on...

A los españoles 'se nos atragantan' algunos términos del idioma de Shakespeare, pero con un poco de práctica y conociéndolos bien, podemos llegar a hablar como auténticos nativos Admítelo, es la horma de tu zapato. Los españoles somos buenos en muchas cosas, pero...

to take / have a peek MEANING: to take a quick look at something, especially secretly or from behind something EXAMPLE SENTENCES: Emma had a quick peek inside the box. If I'm passing by I might take a peek at the new premises. Before returning to work on the car he...

to go on shopping spree MEANING: to shop excessively; to buy a lot of things in an extravagant way EXAMPLE SENTENCES: We went on a shopping spree. [ = we bought a lot of things in a short period of time] I went on a shopping spree on Saturday. We became friends, and...