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What (who) is French leave - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
French Leave (disambiguation); French Leave; French Leave (film)
French leave
¦ noun informal, dated absence from work or duty without permission.
Origin
C18: said to derive from the French custom of leaving a function without saying goodbye to the host or hostess.
French leave
n. (obsol.)
leaving without saying goodbye
to take French leave
French Leave (de Larrabeiti book)
BOOK BY MICHAEL DE LARRABEITI
French Leave (de Larrabeiti)
French Leave is a collection of memoirs written by the English author Michael de Larrabeiti. It was published in 2003 in the United Kingdom by Robert Hale.
Wikipedia
French leave (disambiguation)
French leave may refer to:
- French leave, a leave of absence without permission or without announcing one's departure
- French Leave (novel), by Wodehouse
- French Leave (de Larrabeiti), memoirs
- French Leave (play), a play by Reginald Berkeley
- French Leave (1930 film), a British film adaptation
- French Leave (1937 film), a British film adaptation
- French Leave (1948 film), an American comedy film
Examples of use of French leave
1. It was further proof that he is capable of thinking only of himself." The Burton Races rose to fame with their Channel 4 programme French Leave in 2002.
2. "During French Leave, the film crew would come over for ten days each month and he‘d be up for hours drinking with them.
3. Three years later he took his family to France to "relearn and rediscover ingredients" – a trip which launched his TV career through the documentary French Leave.
4. "Return Of The Chef, the follow–up to French Leave on Channel 4, was supposed to be all about the family," says Kim.
5. French leave: head coach Capello at Luton airport on Tuesday Barwick said: «It will be Fabio Capello‘s decision and his alone, but this is one of the things that Trevor Brooking and I have helped him with.