(the) curtain falls

(the) curtain falls
the curtain falls (on (something)) the end comes to something, esp. a job or activity.

Brown managed to get a lot done before the curtain fell on his political career.

This year rings down the curtain on more than 50 years of broadcasts.

Usage notes: also used in the phrase the final curtain falls:

His admirers want to honor the singer before the final curtain falls on his career.

Etymology: from the large curtains above the stage in a theater that are brought down at the end of a performance

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • (the) curtain falls on — the curtain falls (on (something)) the end comes to something, esp. a job or activity. Brown managed to get a lot done before the curtain fell on his political career. This year rings down the curtain on more than 50 years of broadcasts. Usage… …   New idioms dictionary

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  • (the) curtain falls on something — the curtain falls (on (something)) the end comes to something, esp. a job or activity. Brown managed to get a lot done before the curtain fell on his political career. This year rings down the curtain on more than 50 years of broadcasts. Usage… …   New idioms dictionary

  • (the) curtain falls on something — the curtain falls on something literary phrase if the curtain falls on something, it ends The curtain finally fell on his dominance of the sport. Thesaurus: to come to an endsynonym Main entry: curtain …   Useful english dictionary

  • the curtain falls on something — literary if the curtain falls on something, it ends The curtain finally fell on his dominance of the sport …   English dictionary

  • the curtain falls — the screen is lowered; the end has come, everything is over; the show is over …   English contemporary dictionary

  • The curtain rises — Curtain Cur tain (k[^u]r t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See {Court}.] [1913 Webster] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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