The curtain comes down on (something) literary phrase
Something finishes or comes to an end.
When the curtain came down on the war that had lasted 50 years, everyone was in a jubilant mood.
When the curtain comes down on this conflict, we will come back to our country.
To put an end to something
1. Used to refer to a point where a process or an activity ends
2. Used to refer to a point where someone no longer survives; death
It is inevitable that good experiences will eventually end.
1. To say or do something that makes someone talking stop.
2. To end something suddenly.
The verb "come" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
If you fall for someone's trick the first time then they are at fault.
Are you going to mess with me again? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.