ring down the curtain (on), to

ring down (or up) the curtain

mark the end (or the beginning) of an enterprise or event.

The reference here is to the ringing of a bell in a theatre as the signal to raise or lower the stage curtain at the beginning or end of a performance. Compare with bring down the curtain on (at curtain).

ring down the curtain

To end a performance, event, or action.

ring down the curtain (on), to

To bring something to a conclusion. In the nineteenth-century theater a bell rung backstage was often used as a signal to lower the curtain, signifying the end of a scene or act. Thackeray recorded it thus (The End of the Play): “The play is done, the curtain drops, slow falling to the prompter’s bell.” It was transferred to other kinds of ending by the early twentieth century.

词组	ring down the curtain (on), to
释义	ring down the curtain (on), to ring down (or up) the curtain mark the end (or the beginning) of an enterprise or event. The reference here is to the ringing of a bell in a theatre as the signal to raise or lower the stage curtain at the beginning or end of a performance. Compare with bring down the curtain on (at curtain). See also: curtain, down, ring Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary ring down the curtain To end a performance, event, or action. See also: curtain, down, ring American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. ring down the curtain (on), to To bring something to a conclusion. In the nineteenth-century theater a bell rung backstage was often used as a signal to lower the curtain, signifying the end of a scene or act. Thackeray recorded it thus (The End of the Play): “The play is done, the curtain drops, slow falling to the prompter’s bell.” It was transferred to other kinds of ending by the early twentieth century. See also: curtain, down, ring The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: ring down the curtain ring down the curtain (on something) ring down the curtain on ring the curtain down ring the curtain down (on something) death knell knell toll the death knell the curtain falls passing bell
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