the curtain falls

the curtain falls

English

Verb

the curtain falls

1. (idiomatic) the end of something has come
   • 2009, Hugh MacLennan, Return of the Sphinx‎, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2019 April 22, T.P. Saran, “Electoral Year and Reforms Due”, in Mauritius Times‎:

     Probably its leader Paul Berenger is keen to bequeath it as his final legacy before the curtain falls for him.

Translations

the end of something has come

Dutch: het doek valt