curtains
nounUK /ˈkɜː(ɹ).tənz/
1
Figuratively An end or death.
In reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show
- It's curtains for you!
- He called curtains on his double decade cricket career on Tuesday.
1 more example
- "What if a bunch of scuba divers nosed about here?" / "Curtains for them, when our side-scan sonar sees them."
2
Beverages, Food, Lifestyle, Oenology, Wine Colloquial 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.
- Related terms
- the curtain falls