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by Banana Breath plays the piano on February 16th, 2011

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Is it really over when the fat lady sings?

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  • by drweet on February 16th, 2011

    drweet

    nope it's over when someone brings a rifle.

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  • by Over and Out on February 17th, 2011

    Over and Out

    No, the fun is usually just beginning!!

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  • by kittenbritches on February 16th, 2011

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    That's what I've always heard but I would think that if she is singing then it isn't really over.

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  • by iwnit on February 17th, 2011

    iwnit

    1) Yes, as long as you don't take it too literally.

    Actually, it means that it is not over until it is really over. For instance, in Richard Wagner's opera suite Der Ring des Nibelungen, the end of the opera is not reached before the fat lady (the valkyrie Brünhilde) sing - or rather, is finished with singing.


    2) "It ain't over till (or until) the fat lady sings is a colloquialism, essentially meaning that one should not assume the outcome of some activity (e.g.: a sports game) until it has actually finished, similar to a common proverb. It is a perception of Grand Opera, typically overweight sopranos, and perhaps Brünnhilda's final arias from Die Walküre or Götterdämmerung in particular, from an American working class cultural perspective of the early 20th century."
    Source and further information:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain't_over_'til_the_fat_lady_sings

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  • by r i p facebook on February 16th, 2011

    r i p facebook

    .... only at the Opera.

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  • by Lostit'sappeal on March 23rd, 2012

    Lostit'sappeal

    No...It's over when I fall asleep .

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  • by Possum on March 23rd, 2012

    Possum

    I don't believe anyone ever said that it was over when the fat lady sings.

    The expression is, "It's not over 'til the fat lady sings'', meaning that it could go on indefinately longer.

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  • by spookyaction on March 23rd, 2012

    spookyaction

    If they saved her for the last act then.... Yes!

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  • by Janani_V on February 17th, 2011

    Janani_V

    contrary to widespread belief this is not actually known for a fact

    all that is truly known is that it isnt over til she does


    & indeed only when she finally does will it be truly known to be so or not


    moreover if she sings
    in a forest let say us
    & there is nobody there any more to hear her because it is over
    nor even any trees left to fall & be heard by anyone
    then will she really have sung or they really have fallen at all

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  • by cowpow on February 16th, 2011

    cowpow

    Not over when she sings, it is over when she sits on you during the lap dance.

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  • by Patti jo on February 16th, 2011

    Patti jo

    Might be a good idea

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  • by zoneman on March 23rd, 2012

    zoneman

    sadly yes

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