bring down the curtain

bring down the curtain
(bring (или ring) down the curtain (тж. bring или ring the curtain down))
положить конец чему-л. [этим. театр. опустить занавес]

So the camp-marshal realized suddenly that it was time to ring down the curtain on this drama. (U. Sinclair, ‘King Coal’, book II, ch. 15) — Комендант лагеря вдруг понял, что самое время положить конец разыгравшейся здесь трагедии.

And while none of these conversations had as yet done more than make extra work for the investigators, it was always possible that the next one might be, as Dewey put it, "the break that brings down the curtain". (T. Capote, ‘In Cold Blood’, part II) — И хотя единственным результатом этих допросов была лишь дополнительная работа для следователей, но каждый новый допрос мог наконец-то дать следствию ключ к раскрытию преступления и, как выразился Дьюи, "подвести черту"


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • ring down the curtain — idi a) to bring a performance or action to a close b) to lower or close the curtain in front of a stage …   From formal English to slang

  • ring down the curtain — Meaning Bring something to an end. Origin Theatrical origin …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • bring the curtain down — If you bring the curtain down on something, you bring it to a end …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • curtain — cur|tain [ kɜrtn ] noun ** 1. ) count a long piece of cloth, usually one of a pair, that hangs down and covers a window: close/pull/draw the curtains (=move them together): Close the curtains and turn the light on. open/pull/draw (=move them… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • curtain */*/ — UK [ˈkɜː(r)t(ə)n] / US [ˈkɜrt(ə)n] noun Word forms curtain : singular curtain plural curtains 1) [countable] a long piece of cloth, usually one of a pair, that hangs down and covers a window draw/pull/close the curtains (= move them together):… …   English dictionary

  • curtain — cur|tain1 W3S2 [ˈkə:tn US ˈkə:rtn] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: curtine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cohors enclosure, court ; COHORT] 1.) a piece of hanging cloth that can be pulled across to cover a window, divide a room… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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