French leave | Idiomator

Meaning: Adeparturetakenquietlyandunnoticed, withoutaskingforpermissionorinforminganyone.[from mid 18th c.]Synonyms:French exit;(figurative)AWOL,disappearing act,Irish goodbye1771, [Tobias Smollett], “To Mrs. Mary Jones, at Brambleton-hall”, inThe Expedition of Humphry Clinker[…], volume II, London:[…]W. Johnston,[…]; and B. Collins,[…],→OCLC,page226:As for Ditton, after all his courting, and his compliment, he ſtole avvay an Iriſhman's bride, and took aFrench leaveof me and his maſter;[…]; (specifically,chieflymilitary,euphemistic)Desertionortemporaryabsencefromdutyorservicewithout permission;absence without leave,AWOL.2010, William Marvel,The Great Task Remaining: The Third Year of Lincoln’s War, page10:he may have felt a particular need to mitigate the responsibility of those who shirked their duty, for as he wrote that letter he had just returned fromFrench leavehimself.

Examples:

EN: Are you trying to give us French leave or somethin'?
ES: - ¿Queria irse sin despedirse? .
EN: A friend passed me the tip they were coming. So I .. I took French leave.
ES: Un amigo me avisó y me escapé.
EN: He must have taken French leave.
ES: - No soporta las escenas. Ha debido irse a la francesa.
EN: But you could have been honest, instead of taking French leave.
ES: Os deseo suerte a ti y a tu nueva compañera.
EN: It's not a reason to take French leave.
ES: No es una razón para despedirse a la francesa.
EN: I took a French leave.
ES: Me marché sin permiso.
EN: French leave them dirty.
ES: Los franceses lo consienten.
EN: I guess you could say Lou Cassava took French leave with the bankroll.
ES: Se podría decir que Lou Cassava se despidió a la francesa con las nóminas.
EN: So, you take French leave even when going to England.
ES: Entonces, usted lleva licencia francesa incluso al ir a Inglaterra.
EN: Foreigners flock here, the French leave...
ES: Los extranjeros vienen, los franceses se van.
EN: Last time I saw him, at a preview screening a few days before he died, he ran off saying, "I'm taking French leave."
ES: "Estoy asistiendo a la francesa". ¿Es cierto que tengo un hermano? Nos cruzamos en Luna Films.
EN: You'll do what we call "the French leave."
ES: Haz lo que llamamos "El permiso francés."
EN: Are you sure this French leave thing works?
ES: ¿Estás segura que ese "Permiso francés" funciona?
EN: You're doing the French leave.
ES: Haces el permiso francés.
EN: Holly's doing the French leave.
ES: Holly haciendo el permiso francés.

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