it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings

it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings

English

Alternative forms

• it ain't over till the fat lady sings
• it ain't over until the fat lady sings
• it isn't over 'til the fat lady sings
• it isn't over till the fat lady sings
• it isn't over until the fat lady sings

Etymology

First appeared in 1976 in a Dallas Morning News article dated March 10, 1976. Popularized by sports coach Dick Motta in 1978.

Proverb

it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings

1. There are more developments yet to come; one should not presume to know the outcome of an event which is still in progress.

   Synonym: it ain't over till it's over

Translations

there are more developments yet to come

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kaikki on vielä mahdollista German: Man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben., Noch ist nicht aller Tage Abend. Hungarian: várjuk ki a végét, még semmi sem dőlt el, ne igyál előre a medve bőrére (hu) Polish: dopóki piłka w grze, wszystko jest możliwe Russian: please add this translation if you can Korean: 그 살찐 아가씨가 노래할 끝난게 아닙니다 (geu saljjin agassiga noraehal kkeunnan'ge animnida) Spanish: hasta el rabo, todo es toro

See also

• don't count your chickens before they're hatched

References

Today In Sports History: March 10