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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
Similarly, ring up the curtain on refers to a bell rung to begin a performance and
came to mean starting anything, as in Their contribution rang up the curtain on
the fund drive. The figurative use of these terms dates from the early 1900s. ring ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
(b) Ring up the curtain on a new academic year. ring out the old year and ring in
the new announce and celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of the
next RIOT run riot behave in a wild, uncontrolled way The children were running
...
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The Methuen Drama Dictionary of
the Theatre
ring up the curtain To order the CURTAIN to be raised or opened, the signal
originally being the ringing of a bell. The phrase is often used metaphorically,
meaning to initiate an enterprise, etc. Similarly to ring down the curtain is to
terminate or ...
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Behind a Mask: A Woman's Power
Now, Roundheads, place yourselves, and then ring up the curtain.” With a smile,
Coventry obeyed her; for the picture was of two lovers, the young cavalier
kneeling, with his arm around the waist of the girl, who tries to hide him with her
little ...
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Shaw:
The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies
In that hope I withdraw and ring up the curtain.” That self-assessment says much
about Shaw's views of his work and hopes for its future. Shaw expected to be
surpassed but not entirely superseded. He thought of his plays not as artifacts
fixed ...
MaryAnn Krajnik Crawford, Gale K. Larson, 2005
... money Right on the tip of my tongue Right up my alley Rigamarole Rile
somebody up Ring down the curtain Ring up the curtain Rings a bell (reminder)
Rise to the bait Rise to the occasion Road is rough as a washboard Roast a
person Rob ...
With any luck he'll be able to ring up the curtain, whisk away the rug and disarm
those dangerous emotions before they can fester and cause trouble.” I
considered this solution carefully and said at last: “You could do that.” Darrow
smiled.
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The World of Ruth Draper: A Portrait of an Actress
You ring up the curtain, I go on; when I'm finished I come off and you ring down
the curtain. It is perfectly simple." When Bowden spoke of union rules and
overtime, she dismissed the problem: "Oh, the Union has always been very kind
to me.
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The New Monthly Magazine
I will soon settle them," said he, on hearing the cause of the disturbance ; " no
doubt the boy will soon arrive, ring up the curtain, they only want me to speak to
them !" The curtain was accordingly rung up, and Elliston made his appearance
with ...
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1843
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Russian Comedy of
the Nikolaian Rea
They're shouting...stap me vitals, they're banging their sticks on the floor!
SINICHKIN (declaiming). “Come, let's away to prizes! We two will sing like birds i'
th' cage.” (In his usual voice.) Let us through!... PUSTOSLAVTSEV. Ring up the
curtain!
