| 词组 | ring down the curtain |
| 释义 | Idiom ring down the curtain (on something) and bring down the curtain (on something) Theme: ENDINGS to bring something to an end; to declare something to be at an end.It's time to ring down the curtain on our relationship. We have nothing in common anymore.We've tried our best to make this company a success, but it's time to ring down the curtain.After many years the old man brought down the curtain and closed the restaurant. ring down the curtain (on something)1. To bring a performance or act of a play to an end by lowering the theater curtain. The phrase refers to the practice of ringing a bell to signal the lowering of the curtain in the theater. The audience gave the performance a standing ovation as the theater rang down the curtain. The shocking twist at the end of the second act left the audience in stunned silence as the curtain was rung down. 2. To bring about or signal the end of something. The company announced that it will ring down the curtain after nearly 50 years of business. The government is ringing down the curtain on the controversial program next month. ring down (or up) the curtainmark 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). bring/ring down the ˈcurtain (on something),bring/ring the ˈcurtain down (on something)bring an end to something: The BBC has finally decided to bring the curtain down on one of its oldest television programmes.ring down the curtain To end a performance, event, or action. ring down the curtain (on), toTo 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. |
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