21+ It's Not Over Until The Fat Lady Sings Background. The opera ain't over until the fat lady sings. another us sporting theory is that the. It never rains but it pours idiom.
The opera ain't over until the fat lady sings. another us sporting theory is that the. 'these days it's hard to know if fat or lady is the more offensive,' another questioned. Wake up and enjoy life you never know who you touch inspire and when it's you last.
They simply interpret it as 'don't count your chickens before they hatch,' or as you suggested, 'it's not over till it's over.' therefore i would suggest that most people would not find the idiom, or a sentence containing it, offensive.
Those who do not get her words are lost in there own sad world. Show really is over after the 'fat lady' quits (uk, 9 jan 2010). It comes quite simply from the fact that a rather fat, older, female fan used to start singing at the end of every game. It means that one should not presume to know the outcome of an event which is still in progress.