天てん下か御ご免めん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

officially licensed; chartered; legitimate

A yojijukugo meaning something is officially permitted or recognized by the highest authority (originally the shogunate). Often used with a sense of being openly acknowledged or beyond reproach.

• 彼かれは天てん下か御ご免めんの酒さけ好ずきだ。

  He is a self-proclaimed (and openly acknowledged) lover of sake.

• この店みせは天てん下か御ご免めんの老舗しにせだ。

  This shop is a long-established, officially recognized business.