English-Finnish translations for curtain

• verho
  Jotta EU:n uudesta itärajasta saataisiin turvallinen, se ei voi olla rautaesirippu saatikka verho, jonka suojissa rikkaat ja vapaat kyyristelevät. If the EU’s new eastern border is to be safe, it cannot be an iron curtain, let alone a screen behind which the rich and free cower.
  Se johtaa Euroopan energiamarkkinoiden sirpaloitumiseen, ja diplomaattinen verho putoaa sitten valitettavasti EU:n yhteisen energiapolitiikan eteen. This will result in a fragmentation of the European energy market and the diplomatic curtain will then unfortunately fall on a European external energy policy.
  Tammikuun 1. päivä 2008 merkitsi monille itäeurooppalaisille sitä, että naapurimaihin tarvittavien viisumien hinnat nelinkertaistuivat. Näin niiden ja Euroopan välille vedettiin taloudellinen verho. For many Eastern Europeans, 1 January 2008 brought with it a four-fold price rise in visas for travel to neighbouring countries, thus drawing down a financial curtain in Europe.
• esirippu
  Hänen mahdollisuutensa olivat lähes menneet, ja esirippu oli laskeutumassa pian Luxemburgin puheenjohtajakauden päätteeksi. His window of opportunity was almost closed, the curtain rapidly falling across his presidency.
  Edessämme saattaa olla tilanne, jossa näiden alueiden ihmisiä erottaa toisistaan rautaesiripun sijaan vihreä esirippu. We might live to experience a situation whereby the people in these regions are divided not by an iron but by a green curtain.
  Tänään nostetaan kuitenkin vasta esirippu: on vielä paljon tehtävää, ennen kuin hedelmät täyttävät kukkien antamat lupaukset. Today, however, we are only raising the curtain; there is still much to be done to ensure that the fruit surpasses the promise of its flowers.
• kurtiini
• verhota

Definition of curtain

• A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light
• A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater
• By extension, the beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises
• The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall
• Death
• That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc
• To cover with a curtain; to hang curtains
• To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain

Examples

• He took so long to shave his head that we arrived 45 minutes after curtain and were denied late entry.

Related words

• curtains
• curtain-raiser
• curtain-rod
• curtain rail
• curtain rod
• curtain wall
• Curtain fig
• curtain call
• curtain lecture