英语词汇“it's not over till the fat lady sings”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. colloquial (originally U.S.). it's not over till the fat lady sings and variants: there is still time for a situation to change, esp. for the better; the outcome of a situation cannot be assumed; = it ain't over till it's over at sense A. 13d. [Apparently with allusion to the notion that operas often end with a final aria by a (stereotypically large) female soprano (compare quots. 1976¹, 1978), although quot. 1976² may suggest an origin as a proverb in the southern United States.]

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1976 Dallas Morning News 10 Mar. 2 b/2 The Aggies rallied for a 72-72 tie late in the SWC tournament finals... ‘Right,’ said Ralph. ‘The opera ain't over until the fat lady sings.’

1976 F. R. Smith & C. R. Smith in F. R. Shapiro Yale Bk. Quotations 134 Church ain't out 'till the fat lady sings.

1978 Washington Post 3 June b1/4 One day three years ago, Ralph Carpenter,..declared to the press box contingent in Austin, ‘The rodeo ain't over till the bull riders ride.’ Stirred to top that deep insight, San Antonio sports editor Dan Cook countered with, ‘The opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.’

1987 P. Muldoon Meeting the British 51 In this, as in so many things, it won't be over till the fat lady sings.

2006 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 4 Apr. 67 It's not over until the fat lady sings, but we have to get four points from our next two matches.

单词	it's not over till the fat lady sings
释义	> as lemmas it's not over till the fat lady sings c. colloquial (originally U.S.). it's not over till the fat lady sings and variants: there is still time for a situation to change, esp. for the better; the outcome of a situation cannot be assumed; = it ain't over till it's over at sense A. 13d. [Apparently with allusion to the notion that operas often end with a final aria by a (stereotypically large) female soprano (compare quots. 1976¹, 1978), although quot. 1976² may suggest an origin as a proverb in the southern United States.] ΚΠ 1976 Dallas Morning News 10 Mar. 2 b/2 The Aggies rallied for a 72-72 tie late in the SWC tournament finals... ‘Right,’ said Ralph. ‘The opera ain't over until the fat lady sings.’ 1976 F. R. Smith & C. R. Smith in F. R. Shapiro Yale Bk. Quotations 134 Church ain't out 'till the fat lady sings. 1978 Washington Post 3 June b1/4 One day three years ago, Ralph Carpenter,..declared to the press box contingent in Austin, ‘The rodeo ain't over till the bull riders ride.’ Stirred to top that deep insight, San Antonio sports editor Dan Cook countered with, ‘The opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.’ 1987 P. Muldoon Meeting the British 51 In this, as in so many things, it won't be over till the fat lady sings. 2006 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 4 Apr. 67 It's not over until the fat lady sings, but we have to get four points from our next two matches. extracted from overadv.int. < as lemmas
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