See it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings on Wiktionary
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{ "etymology_text": "First appeared in 1976 in a Dallas Morning News article dated March 10, 1976. Popularized by sports coach Dick Motta in 1978. Generally understood to be in reference to opera sopranos, who were typically heavyset.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "proverb" }, "expansion": "it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "proverb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English proverbs", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "There are more developments yet to come; one should not presume to know the outcome of an event which is still in progress." ], "id": "en-it_ain't_over_'til_the_fat_lady_sings-en-proverb-5wk-7nwv", "related": [ { "word": "don't count your chickens before they're hatched" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "it ain't over till it's over" }, { "word": "it ain't over till the fat lady sings" }, { "word": "it ain't over until the fat lady sings" }, { "word": "it isn't over 'til the fat lady sings" }, { "word": "it isn't over till the fat lady sings" }, { "word": "it isn't over until the fat lady sings" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "there are more developments yet to come", "word": "kaikki on vielä mahdollista" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "there are more developments yet to come", "word": "Man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben." }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "there are more developments yet to come", "word": "Noch ist nicht aller Tage Abend." }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "there are more developments yet to come", "word": "várjuk ki a végét" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "there are more developments yet to come", "word": "még semmi sem dőlt el" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "there are more developments yet to come", "word": "ne igyál előre a medve bőrére" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "geu saljjin agassiga noraehal kkeunnan'ge animnida", "sense": "there are more developments yet to come", "word": "그 살찐 아가씨가 노래할 끝난게 아닙니다" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "there are more developments yet to come", "word": "dopóki piłka w grze, wszystko jest możliwe" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "there are more developments yet to come", "word": "chan eil am bonnach beag bruich fhathast" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "there are more developments yet to come", "word": "hasta el rabo, todo es toro" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Dallas Morning News", "Dick Motta", "Dr Stephen Juan", "The Register" ] } ], "word": "it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings" }
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