单词 | raise the curtain |
释义 | raise the curtainSEE SYNONYMS FOR raise the curtain ON THESAURUS.COM Also, lift the curtain. Begin or start, as in It's time to raise the curtain, guys—start shoveling. Make something public, disclose. In this sense, both terms often occur with on, as in We won't know what the new design is until they lift the curtain on it. Both usages, from the mid-1700s, allude to the curtain raised at the beginning of a theatrical performance, revealing the stage. Words nearby raise the curtainraise hell, raise one's hackles, raise one's sights, raise one's voice, raise the ante, raise the curtain, raise the devil, raise the roof, raisin, raising, raising plate The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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