curtains

1. (figuratively, in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show) An end or death.Examples: "It's curtains for you!"; "He called curtains on his double decade cricket career on Tuesday."; ""What if a bunch of scuba divers nosed about here?" / "Curtains for them, when our side-scan sonar sees them.""figurativelypluralplural-only

2. (colloquial, oenology) A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect.Synonyms: church windows, legs, tears of wine, wine tearscolloquialpluralplural-only