curtains for



curtains for someone or something

the death, end, or ruin of someone or something. (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.
See also: curtain

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Veaceslav-Romanian
Gopala-Hinduism
Leocadia-Spanish, Late Roman
Nadiyya-Arabic
OcÉAneo-se-AHNFrench
Diamanda-Various