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twitch (the/your) curtains phrase UKinformaldisapproving to be very interested in what your neighbours(= people who live near you) are doing and try to find out by looking out of the window without being seen: Who needs to twitch curtains, when the neighbours are performing on the front lawn with spotlights and a backing band? Twitching the curtains is still popular, with 74 percent of people claiming to find the Neighbourhood Watch system reassuring. You need to stop twitching your curtains and mind your own business! She sits in that armchair twitching her curtains all day. I was so sick of our neighbours twitching their curtains every time we entered or left the house. See also
twitchverb(PULL) |