Filer à l'anglaise
Meaning: To leave discreetly without saying goodbye.
Language: French
Literally: To slip away English-style
Category: Daily Life
Origin: An 18th-century jab across the Channel; the English returned the favor with 'to take French leave' for the same act.
More idioms — Daily Life
- Se mettre sur son trente-et-un — To dress up in your very best clothes.
- Tomber dans le panneau — To fall for a trick or scam.
- Faire la grasse matinée — To sleep in and have a lazy lie-in.
- To have a chip on your shoulder — To harbor a grudge or a defensive sense of grievance.
- Da kannst du Gift drauf nehmen — You can bet your life on it; it's absolutely certain.
- Den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen — To be exactly right.
More French idioms
- Les doigts dans le nez — To do something with the greatest of ease.
- Avoir un cœur d'artichaut — To fall in love easily and often.
- Avoir le bras long — To have influence and useful connections.
- Découvrir le pot aux roses — To uncover a hidden secret.
- Être dans de beaux draps — To be in a real mess.
- Se faire rouler dans la farine — To be conned or deceived.
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