it's never over till the fat lady sings

Slang definitions & phrases for it's never over till the fat lady sings

it's never over till the fat lady sings

sentence

Things are never finished until they are finished; further possibilities of action exist here: Like they say around here, ''The opera's never over till the fat lady sings.'' What hotel are you staying at, little lady?

[1970s+ Baseball; originated by Dan Cook, a San Antonio broadcaster, and based on Yogi Berra's ''It ain't over till it's over'']