2006-07-06 04:03:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Opera. It's not exactly known for its skinny singers
2006-07-06 04:27:39 · answer #1 · answered by Licia 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The quote " ain't over 'til the fat lady sings," was used by Yogi Berra during a world series when one of the teams pulled a win from a lagging score in the ninth inning.
The origin is from opera, where usually the diva has to have an aria before you know that you're close to the finish of the show.
The saying caught on and was later altered and also expressed as, "It ain't over 'til it's over." Both sayings mean that you never can tell the outcome of something until it is truly finished.
Jade
2006-07-06 04:08:16 · answer #2 · answered by Jade 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from opera, when the final scene illustrates the female (usually a big ol' lady with a great voice) sings her dismay about how her lover died. When the fat lady sings, the $h!t is done.
2006-07-06 04:06:57 · answer #3 · answered by ishotvoltron 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From American football or baseball games. After the game is over, someone (in that case a fat lady singer) sings the American National Anthem.
2006-07-08 02:17:57 · answer #4 · answered by IC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the phrase comes from the opera, think fat lady singing and there you go.
2006-07-06 04:07:43 · answer #5 · answered by Justin M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oprea. There's a stereotype that women who sing opera are fat, and there is usually a song at the end.
2006-07-06 04:11:55 · answer #6 · answered by JENNIFER 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its to do with votiing in The Us. The fat lady is texas and is normal the last state that has its votes counted! And because its is so big it can make the votes go either way!!!!
2006-07-06 04:08:02 · answer #7 · answered by peta g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm guessing from the opera. that that was how they could tell when it was going to be over. back then, people would get bored at the opera and that was the only way they knew it was over.
2006-07-06 04:06:55 · answer #8 · answered by nsullivan311 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
activities broadcasters Dan practice dinner(1978) and Ralph timber worker(1976) have received credit for it at countless situations, even if the word is perhaps older than that. it would want to not in any respect be widespread who stated it first. perhaps it become first stated by using someone who once listened to my mom-in-regulation interior the church choir. She become keen on donning Viking helmets even as she sang.
2016-10-14 04:29:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it has to to with the aria that is sung at the end or near the end of an opera
2006-07-06 04:07:06 · answer #10 · answered by patti_tree 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋