without so much as a by-your-leave



without so much as a by-your-leave

  (old-fashioned)
if you say that someone does something without so much as a by-your-leave, you mean you are angry because they did not ask your permission to do it That's twice now he's just marched in here without so much as a by-your-leave and picked a book off my shelf!
See also: much, without

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Filipefee-LEEP, fee-LEE-pəPortuguese
JuliaJOO-lee-ə (English), YOO-lee-ah (German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish), HOO-lyah (Spanish), YUWL-yah (Polish), YOO-lee-yah (Russian), YOO:-lee-ah (Ancient Roman)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, An
Bethney-English (Rare)
Muirne-Irish Mythology
Ixchel-Mayan Mythology
WŁOdzisŁAwvwaw-JEE-swahfPolish (Rare)