The party was so boring that we decided to take French leave.
While the Smith family was in Europe, the house-sitter packed up all the silver and took French leave.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
take French leave — 1. To depart without notice or permission 2. To disappear suspiciously • • • Main Entry: ↑French * * * take French leave phrase to take time away from your job without asking for permission Thesaurus: time off from workhyponym … Useful english dictionary
take French leave — {v. phr.} To leave secretly; abscond. * /The party was so boring that we decided to take French leave./ * /While the Smith family was in Europe, the house sitter packed up all the silver and took French leave./ See: SLIP AWAY … Dictionary of American idioms
take French leave — {v. phr.} To leave secretly; abscond. * /The party was so boring that we decided to take French leave./ * /While the Smith family was in Europe, the house sitter packed up all the silver and took French leave./ See: SLIP AWAY … Dictionary of American idioms
take french leave — Depart informally, take leave unceremoniously … New dictionary of synonyms
take French leave — verb a) To leave unannounced b) to desert. to go AWOL Syn: abscond, AWOL … Wiktionary
take French leave — to take time away from your job without asking for permission … English dictionary
french leave — To take French leave is to leave a gathering without saying goodbye or without permission … The small dictionary of idiomes
French leave — n. (obsol.) leaving without saying goodbye to take French leave * * * (obsol.) [ leaving without saying goodbye ] to take French leave (obsol.) [ leaving without saying goodbye ] to take French leave … Combinatory dictionary
French leave — If you leave an official or social event without notifying the person who invited you, you take French leave. Is Bill coming back for the closing speech or has he taken French leave? … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
French leave — unauthorized absence Originally of a soldier, implying a propensity in French soldiers for desertion. Some civilian and figurative use: We could still, if we wished, take French leave of Vietnam. (M. McCarthy, 1967) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
