it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings

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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.

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 事情未了 (shìqíng wèiliǎo) — there are more developments yet to come
• Chinese Mandarin: 戲還沒唱完 /戏还没唱完 (xì hái méi chàng wán) — there are more developments yet to come
• Finnish: kaikki on vielä mahdollista — there are more developments yet to come
• German: man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben — there are more developments yet to come
• German: noch nicht aller Tage Abend sein — there are more developments yet to come
• Hungarian: várjuk ki a végét — there are more developments yet to come
• Hungarian: még semmi sem dőlt el — there are more developments yet to come
• Hungarian: ne igyál előre a medve bőrére — there are more developments yet to come
• Polish: dopóki piłka w grze, wszystko jest możliwe — there are more developments yet to come
• Scottish Gaelic: chan eil am bonnach beag bruich fhathast — there are more developments yet to come
• Spanish: hasta el rabo, todo es toro — there are more developments yet to come