Meaning of Curtains | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An end or death.
   figuratively, plural, plural-only
2. A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect.
   colloquial, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“It's curtains for you!”

“He called curtains on his double decade cricket career on Tuesday.”

“"What if a bunch of scuba divers nosed about here?" / "Curtains for them, when our side-scan sonar sees them."”

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