CURTAINS FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING

curtains for someone or something: translation

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.

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If they can't get into the export market, it's curtains for the whole company.