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Difference between Hang up one’s fiddle and Hang up one’s fiddle at the door

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hang up one’s fiddle—(dated) retire from business; give up an undertaking:

  • I could see plain enough that it was time for me to hang up my fiddle.

hang up one’s fiddle at the door —(UK dated) cease to be cheerful when in the company of one’s family:

  • Jim is a happy man when he is with the boys, but he hangs the fiddle at the door when he gets home.