the curtain comes down on something

the curtain comes down on (something)

Something ends. When the curtain comes down on the company after 50 years of business, a lot of people will be left jobless.
See also: come, curtain, down, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the curtain comes down on something

if the curtain comes down on something, it ends: On Saturday the curtain came down on another Olympic Games.
Curtain in these idioms refers to the large curtain at the front of the stage in a theatre, which comes down at the end of a performance.
See also: come, curtain, down, on, something
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See also:
  • the curtain comes down on (something)
  • the curtain falls on (something)
  • the curtain falls
  • curtain
  • draw the curtain
  • be down to (do something)
  • be down to something
  • be down to (one)
  • be down to somebody/something
  • rang