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iron curtain Idiom

curtains

the end, the death, the last of If we clearcut Canada's forests, it's curtains for the lumber industry.

beef curtains

the female genitals

behind the curtain

out of sight；secretly在幕后；秘密地
The treaty was signed behind the scenes．这项协议是秘密签订的。
The real work of the conference is being done behind the curtain．这次会议的实际工作正在幕后进行。

behind the scenes/curtain

ring down the curtain

Idiom(s): 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.

curtains for

Idiom(s): be curtains for sb or sth

Theme: DAYDREAM

be curtains for someone or something
to be the death, end, or ruin of someone or something. (Informal. From the lowering or closing of the curtains at the end of a stage performance.)
• If the car hadn't swerved, it would have been curtains for the pedestrians.
• If they can't get into the export market, it's curtains for the whole company.

bring down the curtain

curtain

curtain
In addition to the idioms beginning with curtain, also see draw the curtain; raise the curtain; ring down the curtain on.
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- curtain raiser
- curtains for, be.

curtain raiser

curtain raiser
Preliminary event, as in This limited attack on the chairman is just a curtain raiser for the concerted effort to oust him. This term literally refers to a short play or skit presented before the main theatrical production. It began to be transferred to other preliminaries about 1940.

curtains for, be.

curtains for, be.
Also, it's curtains. Be the end, especially death. For example, If he hadn't worn a bullet-proof vest, it would have been curtains for him, or It's curtains if she doesn't finish on time. This expression is a metaphor for the falling curtain signifying the end of a performance. [Slang; c. 1900]

iron curtain

1. The bounded bound and military, political, and brainy barrier accustomed and activated by the Soviet Union that afar the countries of the Soviet affiliation from the blow of Europe from 1945 to 1990. Usually capitalized. My great-grandfather acclimated to alive in East Germany afore the Adamant Blind fell, aback back the Soviet Union controlled every aspect of circadian life.2. By extension, any barrier that excludes or prevents the chargeless barter of ideas, information, or advice from or amid assertive groups. Even admitting our aggregation is a subsidiary, there seems to abide an adamant blind amid our agents and the administration of the beyond corporation. For all our angelic calls for chargeless accent and abandon of the press, it's important to bethink that America had an adamant blind of its own during the Algid War, back alike the aboriginal affiliation with the Communist affair was abundant to get you blacklisted for life.Learn more: curtain, iron

an adamant curtain

an bulletproof barrier, abnormally the Adamant Curtain , the concrete and added barriers preventing the access of bodies and advice amid the Soviet affiliation and the West during the algid war. In the backward 18th century, an iron curtain was actually a blaze blind in a theatre, but the allegorical faculty was in use from the aboriginal 19th century, able-bodied afore Winston Churchill empiric in a accent in March 1946 that ‘an adamant blind has descended beyond the Continent [of Europe]’.Learn more: curtain, iron

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