Meanings
- idiomaticThe end of something has come.
Probably its leader Paul Berenger is keen to bequeath it as his final legacy before the curtain falls for him.
2019 April 22, T.P. Saran, “Electoral Year and Reforms Due”, in Mauritius Times1 more example
But she's not gone yet and I've made arrangements for one more pig-sticking party up country before the Monkeys come in and the curtain falls for good.
2009, Hugh MacLennan, Return of the Sphinx, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
An allusion to the way in which a theatre curtain falls at the end of a scene or play.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch het doek valt
- het doek valtthe end of something has come
Cite this entry
the curtain falls. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20curtain%20falls
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