the curtain falls

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the curtain falls

  1. (idiomatic) the end of something has come
    • 2009, Hugh MacLennan, Return of the Sphinx[1], 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[2]:
      Probably its leader Paul Berenger is keen to bequeath it as his final legacy before the curtain falls for him.

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