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
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- 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