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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.
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.
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.
Jun 18, 2006 · Como veo que estás sin respuesta desde ayer, te cuento lo poco que se me ocurre. "yellow-curtain" se refiere a veces al color dorado que toma todo al atardecer; también al paño de fondo que se pone en algunas representaciones de teatro, incluso callejeras, y creo recordar algo como un "proceso mental" donde te abstraes y te trasladas a una especie de "entresueño", pero de esto no recuerdo bien
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 ...
Aug 15, 2016 · Aug 15, 2016. #2. It's just "Draw the curtains" usually. If there are other curtains in the room, perhaps in front of a doorway, you could make it clear that you are talking about the window-curtains by saying "Draw the curtains on the bedroom window." It sounds a bit strange to me, because that's not how I talk about drawing the curtains.
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?"
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?
