Collocations for "curtain"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "curtain" in context.
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curtain
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [plain, striped, patterned, flowery] curtains
- the [bedroom, living room, dining room] curtains
- the [opening, closing, stage, theater] curtains
- [take down, put up, dry clean] the curtains
- [open, close, lower, raise, draw] the curtains
- The curtains were [open].
- The [show, first-act] curtain is at [seven o'clock].
- The curtains came down on the [play, performance, actors].
- [captivated, gripped] from the first curtain
- drew the curtain on a long career
- lift the curtains on a new [revelation, discovery]
- idiom: meant curtains for their [hopes, ambitions]
- idiom: He knew it was curtains.
- (behind) the Iron Curtain
- a curtain of [lies, secrecy, deceit, darkness]
- a curtain of [falling snow, artillery fire]
- is a curtain-raiser for (the main event)
'curtain' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):