the curtain is up
21The Gap in the Curtain — infobox Book | name = The Gap in the Curtain orig title = translator = image caption = dust jacket illustration for The Gap in the Curtain author = John Buchan cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Science… …
22the curtain falls on something — literary if the curtain falls on something, it ends The curtain finally fell on his dominance of the sport …
23the curtain — a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a stage. → curtain …
24the curtain comes down — the screen is lowered; the end has come, everything is over; the show is over …
25the curtain drops — the screen is lowered; the end has come, everything is over; the show is over …
26the curtain falls — the screen is lowered; the end has come, everything is over; the show is over …
27the curtain goes up — the screen is raised; it s the beginning, everything is starting; the show is starting …
28the curtain rises — the screen is raised; it s the beginning, everything is starting; the show is starting …
29Behind the curtain — Curtain Cur tain (k[^u]r t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See {Court}.] [1913 Webster] 1 …
30To draw the curtain — Curtain Cur tain (k[^u]r t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See {Court}.] [1913 Webster] 1 …
