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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Google counts:
77,100 BRING down the curtain
10,300 Ring down the curtain
To “ring down the curtain” means to conclude a performance or an action. It is in the dictionary, and yet there are only 10,300 uses of this term. Could this be one of those instances where the eggcorn usage exceeds the original, correct usage? One can certainly understand how “bring” might make more sense in this phrase.
-Joe Krozel
Examples:
EARTH-MONITORING SATELLITES: Will the US Bring Down the Curtain on …EARTH-MONITORING SATELLITES: Will the US Bring Down the Curtain on Landsat? David Malakoff. Researchers are fawning over improved images from the new …
www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/288/5475/2309 – Similar pages
Guardian Unlimited Arts | Arts news | Crisis forces Berlin to …Crisis forces Berlin to bring down the curtain on arts subsidies Ben Aris in Berlin Tuesday July 29, 2003 The Guardian. Willi Gossman was angry. ...
arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,11711,1007905,00.html – 39k – Cached – Similar pages
Media ReleasesArts Academy students bring down the curtain. 27 October 2005 Graduating Arts Academy students will bring down the final curtain on their three years of …
www.ballarat.edu.au/media_releases/display.cgi?id=602 – 22k – Cached – Similar pages
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