10 АНГЛІЙСЬКА КНИЖКИ ПОВ'ЯЗАНІ ІЗ «RING DOWN THE CURTAIN»
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
To ring down the curtain. To bring a matter to an end. A theatrical term. When the
play is over, the bell rings and the curtain comes down. The last words of
Rabelais are said to have been, " Ring down the curtain, the farce is played out."
Curtal ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer,
2001
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The Two-word Verb: A Dictionary of
the Verb-preposition ...
manager gave the order to ring down the curtain. [Lower the curtain.] In early
days the signal was given by the ringing of a bell. 2. T (4) Theater. Ext. They rang
down the curtain just before midnight. [The show came to an end. The curtain
was ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[1930s] ring down the curtain on Bring something to an end, as in Wed best get to
that grand old hotel before they ring down the curtain on it. This idiom alludes to
the old practice of ringing a bell to signal that a theater curtain be lowered.
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The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, ...
... creatures of such unexampled insipidity should succeed, and protract in
saecula saeculorum their contented and inoffensive lives,—why, at such a rate,
better lose than win the battle, or at all events better ring down the curtain before
the last ...
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Rehearsing How to Live: Reaching Out to Life
Ring down the curtain, the play has come to an end, the story held our interest,
we thought it might reveal a trend. The beginning was a shocker, full of really
exciting stuff, the second act brought the changes, even though t'was really rough
.
劉光煒. ring down the curtain on ring down the curtain on to put an end to $£]£. •
The House action appeared to ring down the curtain on Reagan's six - year
program of arming rebels in their attempt to topple the ruling Nicaraguan
Sandinistas.
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... ring down the curtain on each act. (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, ...
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A Peep behind
the Curtain, etc. [By David Garrick.]
Pray_ be so good as to ring down the curtain, that we may rehearse in form-So,
so, so--very well; and now l'll say a word or two to the [curtain dropt] Gentlemen in
the Orchestra - Gentlemen, [to the orcbe/lrm] I shall take it as a particular favour, ...
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Laughter in
the Shadows: A CIA Memoir
blame lay primarily with the Soviets, who didn't have to worry about low profiles,
sterilized weapons, or congressional watchdogs. Ring Down the Curtain the
curtain, a funeral pall, Comes down with the rush of a storm, and the angels, all
pallid ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... he set off the fire-alarm on his first day. the Iron Curtain see iron. ring down the
curtain on (something) (formal) to end (a project etc): We have decided to ring
down the curtain on that deal — it's not economic. [A theatrical image, from the
bell ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz,
1993
НОВИНИ ІЗ ТЕРМІНОМ «RING DOWN THE CURTAIN»
Дізнайтеся, що обговорювала національна та міжнародна преса, і як термін
ring down the curtain вживається в контексті наступних новин.
Update: Rain wipes out Fiesta's final Sunday events; sports …
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The better tests NY kids deserve
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South Dakota's bib overall king dies
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Jeter not ready to ring down the curtain
NEW YORK -- There will be at least one more curtain call for Derek Jeter, and that will come when the curtains close on the Yankee Stadium portion of Jeter's ... «ESPN, Вересень 14»
Art made to be viewed with the curtains closed
I aimed at designing (a curtain) that comes down with a gentle air of ... the large-scale tapestry format, Japan has yet to ring down the curtain on the doncho. «Asahi Shimbun, Грудень 13»
Indiaplaza unable to raise funding, about to ring down the curtain
Indiaplaza, one of the first e-commerce ventures in India, is in the final stages of pulling down the shutters, sources close to development told Techcircle.in. «VC Circle, Липень 13»
Ricky Martin's Broadway Revival of 'Evita' to Close
New York – The revival of the musical "Evita," which brought pop superstar Ricky Martin back to the Broadway stage, will ring down the curtain for the last time ... «Fox News, Січень 13»