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.
To stop playing in a sport
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
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.
1. To say or do something that makes someone talking stop.
2. To end something suddenly.
1. To cause a person or group to be submissive by weakening or defeating them
2. To disrupt or stop a process or thing
It is often used in simple present tense, past tense and past participle tense.
The is no clear information about the origin of this expression, but it came from British.
To be very wet
Because of forgetting bringing an umbrella, I look like a drowned rat when it rains.