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Bring the curtain down Meaning in English

expression

BRING thuh KUR-tən DOWN
bring thuh KUR-tən down

التعريف

To end something, especially a process, event, or period of time. The phrase comes from theater, where the curtain falls at the end of a performance.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Mainly formal/literary or used in journalistic style. Often used metaphorically for endings (careers, projects). Commonly appears as 'bring the curtain down on...' or 'the curtain comes down.' Not for everyday endings like finishing dinner.

Spanish: bajar el telón - poner finPortuguese (BR): encerrar as cortinas - encerrar (figurativo)Portuguese (PT): baixar o pano - terminar (figurativo)Chinese (Simplified): 落下帷幕 - 结束Chinese (Traditional): 落下帷幕 - 結束Hindi: पर्दा गिराना - समाप्त करनाArabic: إسْدال الستار - إنهاءBengali: অন্তিম দৃশ্য নামানো - পর্দা নামানো (রূপক অর্থে)Russian: опустить занавес - завершить (метаф.)Japanese: 幕を下ろす - 幕を閉じる (比喩的)Vietnamese: hạ màn - kết thúc (nghĩa bóng)Korean: 막을 내리다 - 종지부를 찍다Turkish: perdeyi kapatmak - sona erdirmek (mecazi)Urdu: پردہ گِرا دینا - اختتام کرنا (استعاراتاً)Indonesian: menurunkan tirai - mengakhiri (makna kiasan)

جمل نموذجية

It is time to bring the curtain down on this project.

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The company decided to bring the curtain down after 50 years.

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The festival will bring the curtain down this Sunday.

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After decades on stage, she finally decided to bring the curtain down on her acting career.

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It's been a good run, but maybe it's time to bring the curtain down.

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When the scandal broke, the politician had to bring the curtain down on his public life.

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