- to take a french leave
- • izvući se kao tarana iz lonca; otići bez zbogom ili bez dozvo
English-Serbian dictionary. 2013.
to take a french leave
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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
French leave — Leave Leave, n. [OE. leve, leave, AS. le[ a]f; akin to le[ o]f pleasing, dear, E. lief, D. oorlof leave, G. arlaub, and erlauben to permit, Icel. leyfi. [root]124. See {Lief}.] 1. Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
French leave — is Leave of absence without permission or without announcing one s departure , [ Brewer s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Millennium Edition; London: Cassell, 1999)] including leaving a party without bidding farewell to the host. The intent… … Wikipedia
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
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 — 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 … Словарь американских идиом
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
French leave — {n.} The act of slipping away from a place secretly and without saying good bye to anyone. * / It s getting late, Rob whispered to Janet. Let s take French leave and get out of here. / … Dictionary of American idioms
