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French leave 不告而别 典故：法国人都喜欢不告而别？并非如此，但是在18世纪，法国人性格随便，性情浪漫，在参加宴会等一切社交聚会时，养成了不向主人告别就擅自离去的习惯。 French leave is Leave of absence without permission or without announcing ones departure, including leaving a party without bidding farewell to the host. The phrase was born at a time when the English and French cultures were heavily interlinked. (wikipedia) 在《牛津字典》中的解释，to take French leave is to go away, or do anything, without permission or notice。所以我们把French leave 翻译成不告而别。有趣的是，英法两国的文化还真的有种争锋相对的味道，连语言也不例外。在法语中，同样有个短语filerlanglaise（take English leave）表达相同的概念。French leave 特别用于表达擅离职守的概念（the act of leisurely absence from a military unit），这同样与17-18世纪的英法战争史有关。 例句：Many of the boys at the school took French leave to go to the football match。 学校里很多孩子旷课去看足球比赛。 更多趣味英语短语： Pardon/Excuse my French 原谅我说话粗鲁 Indian giver 送东西给人日后又讨回的人 | 
