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the curtain falls en · X

Etymology

An allusion to the way in which a theatre curtain falls at the end of a scene or play.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) The end of something has come.
    • But she's not gone yet and I've made arrangements for one more pig-sticking party up country before the Monkeys come in and the curtain falls for good. 2009, Hugh MacLennan, Return of the Sphinx, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN:
    • Probably its leader Paul Berenger is keen to bequeath it as his final legacy before the curtain falls for him. 2019 April 22, T.P. Saran, “Electoral Year and Reforms Due”, in Mauritius Times:

Relateds

end scene · curtains · and scene

Translations (1)

nl het doek valt (the end of something has come)