curtains for someone or something
- curtains for someone or something
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.
Dictionary of American idioms.
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