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Badly-read literary snob (rosactrl@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Sunday, 03-May-2026 01:22:53 JST Badly-read literary snob

Oops!… I did it again, but you aren’t the one singing

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  Janneke (janneke@todon.nl)'s status on Sunday, 03-May-2026 01:22:52 JST Janneke
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  Also, not a fat lady.
  
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  Janneke (janneke@todon.nl)'s status on Sunday, 03-May-2026 01:36:45 JST Janneke
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  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain%27t_over_till_the_fat_lady_sings
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    It ain't over till the fat lady sings
    
    "It ain't over till (or until) the fat lady sings" is a colloquialism which is often used as a proverb. It means that one should not presume to know the outcome of an event which is still in progress. More specifically, the phrase is used when a situation is (or appears to be) nearing its conclusion. It cautions against assuming that the current state of an event is irreversible and clearly determines how or when the event will end. The phrase is most commonly used in association with organized competitions, particularly sports. The proverb is used in baseball circles, such as "the Texas Rangers didn't hear a fat lady sing" when the Rangers went down 2-3 in a seven game series against the Houston Astros. Definition The phrase is generally understood to be a reference to opera sopranos, who were typically heavyset. The imagery of Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen and its last part, Götterdämmerung, is typically used in depictions accompanying uses of the phrase. The "fat lady" is thus the valkyrie Brünnhilde, who was traditionally presented as a...
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