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JimmyAL You can meet me at english-test.net

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#3 (permalink) Sun May 13, 2012 10:46 am Re: idiom: until the fat lady sings |
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Lucas Tun wrote: | I wonder why "fat lady".Is there any connotation with "fat lady" in the western culture?.I think ,it is more like a proverb.I wonder the story behind that proverb. |
Have you ever been to opera? :)) If you have you probably know that ladies that sing opera, especially at the end, tend to be plump of body. Hence, when you say "it ain't over till the fat lady sings" you mean that it's not over yet - the fat lady must sing first. It's a very common saying, I've heard it many times. So you'd do well to remember it. :)) _________________ "He who tries to establish his point by much yelling shows that his reasoning is weak"
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Our Tort System I'm a Communicator ;-)

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Beeesneees Language Coach

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#5 (permalink) Tue May 15, 2012 10:46 am idiom: until the fat lady sings |
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Great explanation,guys, thank you so much. I'll definitely use this idiom whenever i get a chance to use it. And thanks to the photos posted by beeesneees(i got your name right,huh?:) ), this idiom will be extremely easy to remember. |
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Lucas Tun I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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