ring up the curtain

Example Sentences

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Lay you a sovereign to a sixpence, Mr. Narkom, that I solve the riddle of that glass-room before they ring up the curtain of any theatre in London to-night.

From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.

She remembered perfectly the first sign he had given of it—it had been like the bell that was to ring up the curtain upon the real drama of their life.

From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry

But even then we were accustomed to ring up the curtain, and so I look upon myself as a mere overture or prelude to the good thing, the word-painting, which will follow.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett)

But proof's what it's best to have before you ring up the curtain.

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

But not to detain you longer on the threshold, I will ring up the curtain, and travel with you in this varied journey.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 35, November 26, 1870 by Various