curtains for (someone or something)
curtains for (someone or something)
The end, death, or demise of someone or something. Oh, it'll be curtains for the informant once I find him! Unfortunately, if this merger doesn't go through, it's curtains for our company.
See also: curtain
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
curtains for someone or something
the death, end, or ruin of someone or something. (From the lowering or closing of the curtains at the end of a stage performance.) If the car hadn't swerved, it would have been curtains for the pedestrians. If they can't get into the export market, it's curtains for the whole company.
See also: curtain
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- be curtains
- be curtains for (someone or something)
- be curtains for someone/something
- curtains for
- curtains for, be.
- be tickets
- be tickets (for someone or something)
- curtain
- curtains
- it's curtains