Multiple choice softskills communication

what do i mean? "When the cat's away, the mice play."

  1. People misbehave when their boss, or the person in authority, is absent.

  2. People never try to misbehave when their boss, or the person in authority, is absent.

  3. People never try to misbehave when their boss, or the person in authority, is present.

  4. People always try to behave when their boss, or the person in authority, has inturn given them the authority.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

This idiom means people will take advantage of relaxed rules or misbehave when authority figures aren't watching them. Option A correctly captures this meaning - people misbehave when their boss or person in authority is absent. The other options incorrectly suggest people always behave or never misbehave.

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