Translation of "Schotten dicht" in English

They are just trying to pull the ladder up behind them.

Looks like you're battening down the hatches.

The ship was left and locked down blast shutters and all.

Shopkeepers do not put up the shutters and prevent people from coming in.

At the exhibition grounds after closing time.

Alright, Colonel, we've evacuated all sections in the vicinity of the array and... sealed the bulkheads.

To put it in nautical language: when it comes to financing seaports, the bulkheads are closed.

You want to undo this, but I simply cannot allow that, so... you're just going to have to batten down the hatches and finish what you started here, my friend.

The only way to regain control, they claim, is to batten down the hatches and retreat from international alliances, behind national borders.

These cannot be solved by any Member State pulling the shutters down and hoping these will go away.

Once these bulkhead doors are sealed we'll be safe from gas leaks, fire and flooding.

As soon as I see any similarities to something negative I experienced in the past I automatically expect a disappointment so I precautionary hatten down my hatches.

At this street in Dawei the shops have closed down the doors shortly after sunset, but further inside in the centre many shops are still open until late into the night.

It's time to batten down the hatches and give cybersecurity the attention that it rightly deserves.

For where governments and border patrols want to batten down the hatches, Europe has such clear contours as nowhere else.

It's time to batten down the hatches and brace ourselves for the frugal winter months ahead: the howling wind; the snow; the lumbering of presents around for ungrateful relatives.

Have we really developed the Titanic mentality? Everything is just fine, the bulkheads are holding, the rivets are okay and we are so happy that everything is doing so well.