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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Vocabulary

Bring the house down

"Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musicial brought the house down" - this means that the musicial was success or not?
  

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Yes, it means that the musical was a roaring success.

— Matthewg

  • Yes, it means that the musical was a roaring success.
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Yes, it means that the musical was a roaring success.
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The main curtain of a stage is called the 'house curtain', and 'bringing the house down' is a reference to the repeated lowering and raising of the house curtain for the numerous curtain calls following a successful production.
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Thread is more apparent if it is "Idiom - bring the house down" or "bring the house down."
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