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till the fat lady sings

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till the fat lady sings and when the fat lady sings
Fig. at the end; a long time from now. (Supposedly from a tale about a child—sitting through an opera—who asks a parent when it will be over. "Not until the fat lady sings" is the answer.) Relax. It won't be over till the fat lady sings. We can leave with everybody else when the fat lady sings.
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The run-in for Alloa looks to be much easier than ours but it's never over till the fat lady sings, although she must be mighty close to it.
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Byline: JOHN CROSS THEY say it ain't over till the fat lady sings so it was perhaps unfortunate that 1980s pop star Bonnie Tyler chose to make her comeback at Upton Park as the half-time entertainment.
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It is not over till the fat lady sings ( and I ain't singing yet.
Martin's dreams dashed by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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