the curtain falls

the curtain falls

The end (of something) comes. When the curtain falls on the company after 50 years of business, a lot of people will be left jobless.
See also: curtain, fall
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • the curtain falls on (something)
  • the curtain comes down on (something)
  • the curtain comes down on something
  • draw the curtain
  • the final curtain
  • curtain off
  • rang
  • ring down the curtain (on), to
  • ring down the curtain on
  • ring the curtain down (on something)
References in classic literature
He consents without a murmur, all join in a joyful chorus, and the curtain falls upon the lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro's blessing in attitudes of the most romantic grace.
The Baron whispers back, "In the vaults!" The curtain falls.'
The instant she had let the curtain fall behind her, I flung a garment on my shoulders and a pair of slippers on my feet.
event Carrie Hope Fletcher - When the Curtain Falls Come and meet singer, songwriter, actress, vlogger and author Carrie Hope Fletcher for an evening of conversations and book-signing.
Curtain comes downWith the passing of Madeeha Gohar the curtain falls on yet another brave, progressive life one that enriched Pakistan through arts, culture and activism even as the rapid expansion of the religious far right choked almost all forms of expression, especially theatre and drama.
Per Time: Copperfield's executive producer explained in court that, once the curtain falls, the 13 participants brought on stage are taken through passageways that go around the Las Vegas MGM building, where they exit and re-enter at the back of the theater.
As the curtain falls you are aware another gripping tale is about to unfold.
And as the curtain falls you are left painfully aware of another sad tale yet to be told.
The participating teams will rest on Tuesday, with the first to play fourth and second with the third in the semi-finals on Wednesday, while the curtain falls on Thursday, when the losers in the semi-finals will play for the bronze medal, while the winners play for first place and the gold medal.
So the curtain falls on the long, successful and colourful career of a supreme horseman, known in the jockeys' room as "Alice" and described by his long-term mentor and friend Noel Meade as "a marvellous jockey and a special man".
The curtain falls on the Northern Football Alliance season this Friday (May 15) when Blyth Town face Whitley Bay A in the Bay Plastics George Dobbins League Cup final at Wheatridge Park, Seaton Delaval, kick-off 7pm.
after the curtain But just three days after the curtain falls for the last time she will tie the knot for real by marrying fiance Tony Jackson, on New Year's Eve.
Of the two, Jonathan Dewhurst: The Curtain Falls is a sequel to the same authors' Jonathan Dewhurst: The Lancashire Tragedian 1837-1913 (published in 2001) which deservedly became one of the five finalists for the Society for Theatre Research Book of the Year.
The Motorsports Marshals Club, an affiliate of the Bahrain Motor Federation, is providing the marshals, hosts the annual event as the curtain falls on the F1 race at Bahrain International Circuit, the home of the motorsport in the Middle East.
I DEFY anyone not to be standing up, dancing and clapping their hands by the time the curtain falls on Stafford Gatehouse Theatre's great rock 'n' roll pantomime.