Bring/put down the shutters In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "bring/put down the shutters", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Eudora Thao calendar 2020-12-23 06:12

Meaning of Bring/put down the shutters

Bring/put down the shutters British verb phrase

Stop letting yourself think of and talk about something

It's the terrible accident, so we should put down the shutters.

My grandmother has tried to bring down the shutters on grandfather death, but I know she's still very upset about it.

Close or reduce the cover of window.

It's too much the sunshine, I think we should bring down the shutters.

Other phrases about:

hang up (one's) boots

To stop playing in a sport

head (someone or something) off at the pass

1. To prevent somebody or something from arriving at a certain place

2. To prevent something from happening or prevent someone from doing something by doing something first

be/come up against a brick wall

If you say you be/come up against a brick wall, you mean that you are unable to go on or change because some obstacles impede you.

cut (someone or something) short

1. To say or do something that makes someone talking stop.
2. To end something suddenly.


 

bring (someone or something) to (someone's or something's) knees

1. To cause a person or group to be submissive by weakening or defeating them
2. To disrupt or stop a process or thing

Grammar and Usage of Bring/put down the shutters

Verb Forms

  • bringing down the shutters
  • brings down the shutters
  • brought down the shutters
  • put down the shutters
  • puts down the shutters
  • putting down the shutters

It is often used in simple present tense, past tense and past participle tense.

Origin of Bring/put down the shutters

The is no clear information about the origin of this expression, but it came from British.

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