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Aug 12, 2007 · Perth, Western Australia. English - Australia. Aug 12, 2007. #3. "opened the curtains" sounds absolutely fine, and is commonly used. You could say "drew the curtains" to mean the same thing. To me, you can't "raise" a curtain, except one in a theatre that does actually rise upwards. You can "raise" a blind and certain types of shutters, but not ...
Sep 7, 2015 · Mar 12, 2018. #27. dcx97 said: "to draw the curtains" can only mean "to close them, to move them together". Otherwise the metaphor "to draw the curtains on something" would not mean what it does. Definition of DRAW THE CURTAIN ON. It's the metaphorical meaning of the phrase.
May 18, 2022 · Yes, you close and open curtains (usually a pair, so it's plural). We also have the more formal word 'draw' which can be used with curtains, but - very confusingly - this can mean both 'open' and 'close' draw the curtains. You can also open and close blinds. This is the more normal usage, I think. I'd only use 'pull up' and 'pull down' for ...
Jan 17, 2015 · Girona, Spain. English (U.K.) Jan 17, 2015. #4. In Gone with the Wind, Scarlett makes a fine dress out of a velvet curtain to hide the fact that she is nearly destitute. I agree that it's an allusion, perhaps meaning that everything can be employed in something useful.
Aug 22, 2008 · To put up curtains means to install them. Once they are installed, one usually opens and closes them. Another way of saying "to close" a curtain is "to draw" a curtain, because drawing also means pulling or dragging. An item that gets put up or down more often is a window shade, or a shade for short.
Oct 24, 2020 · Arabic. Oct 24, 2020. #1. Hi. it’s normal to say. Roll up the window. Roll down the window. But what about the curtains?
Dec 21, 2008 · Dec 21, 2008. #7. If one wants to be both very exact and very old-fashioned, the primary meaning of "drapes" was actually "fabric hung on walls", just as to "upholster" originally meant "to hang fabric on walls". The fabric used around windows was called either "curtains" or "draperies", and not "drapes". That being said, curtains may be made ...
Jan 2, 2010 · Jan 1, 2010. #2. The only thing is that "curtain" here is short for "curtain call" what actors receive to let them know that the show is about to begin and they need to be ready. So "rushing for an 8 o'clock curtain" tells you that it is referring to the actors. In the Italian you wrote it could be intepreted as a spectator going to the theatre ...
Mar 22, 2015 · Open and close are the usual terms.Draw is also used if the direction is clear.E.g. if the curtains are closed and you say "Will you draw the curtains?"
Jul 7, 2015 · Jul 8, 2015. #16. Sorry to have triggered such a heated discussion. In fact, the answer to my first question is quite clear: ajar cannot be used for blinds or curtains. The dictionary says that ajar can be half open as well as slightly open (although for me it sounds more like the latter than the former). therefore: 1.
