be curtains (for somebody)

成語所屬單字curtain

be curtains (for somebody) — 慣用語

1. It means that a situation is hopeless or that someone cannot escape from it.

1.慣用語
釋義

完蛋了

It means that a situation is hopeless or that someone cannot escape from it.

例句

When the engine failed over the ocean, the pilot knew it was curtains for him.

If the police find the evidence, it will be curtains for the thief.