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the curtain falls

the curtain falls phrase: the end of something has come.

Phrase

the curtain falls

  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

Origin of the curtain falls

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

Questions about the curtain falls

What does the curtain falls mean?
The curtain falls means the end of something has come.
What part of speech is the curtain falls?
The curtain falls is a phrase.

Words near the curtain falls in the dictionary

  1. the craft
  2. the crap out of
  3. the cupboard is bare
  4. the cure is worse than the disease
  5. the curtain comes down
  6. the curtain falls
  7. the curtains match the drapes
  8. the customer is always right
  9. The Dalles
  10. the damage is done
  11. the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice

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