pull the shutters down

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toshut down,terminate, orignore.1987, Eric Taylor,Be Fit Through Your Forties‎[1], page68:There are times when we have topull the shutters downon all the irritating aspects of our lives and retreat into the peace and quiet of our own inner dreamworld where the sun is shining and we are doing our own thing.1997May, “Apple shuts down Singapore design centre”, inCanadian Computer Wholesaler,page50:The financial crisis at Apple Computer Inc. spilled over to Singapore recently with the company deciding topull the shutters downon its design center and lay off 101 of its 974 employees in the island #state.2023April 18, Pippa Crerar, “UK should not ‘pull the shutters down’ on China, says James Cleverly”, inThe Guardian:Britain should not “pull the shutters down” on China, as it would be counterproductive to the national interest, the foreign secretary has told the Guardian.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:pull the shutters down.

Examples:

EN: You might want to pull the shutters down on your shop.
ES: Es posible que tengas que cerrar las persianas de tu tienda.
EN: But I suppose you've got to do what Joanne said and pull the shutters down.
ES: Pero supongo que tienes que hacer lo que decía Joanne - y ponerte una coraza.

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