the fat lady有什么典故？
By 张无忌之1989
at 2017-06-11 • 0人收藏 • 114人看过
在金融时报网站上看到一稿，说的是国际几大银行间交易的事，其中有这么一段：Goldman’s previous karaoke party may have finished prematurely, but as far as SMFG（三井住友金融集团） is concerned, the agreed merger between UFJ（日联银行） and MTFG（三菱东京银行） isn’t over until the fat lady sings. the fat lady sings 不知是什么意思，请指教。
6 个回复 | 最后更新于 2017-08-14
张无忌之1989
2017-06-14
#1
非常受教，感谢雨横山2、beimei。
Many of the illustrations at this site are gone due to a change over a few months ago. In the next few hours, I will try to restore as many pictures as possible. Meanwhile, just
read the text.
http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=27&ID=6467
There is also a follow up post called "more about the fat lady."
http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=27&ID=6698
An excerpt in just a few minutes.
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read the text.
http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=27&ID=6467
There is also a follow up post called "more about the fat lady."
http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=27&ID=6698
An excerpt in just a few minutes.
Most people, including myself, thought the saying came from opera. In opera, most divas are fat. An opera usually ends when the divas bellows out the final aria. The opera "ain‘t over until the fat lady sings." The phrase comes to mean " something is not over until the fat lady sings." Or " When the fat lady sings, you know it is over."
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However, according to another source, this reference to "Fat lady" goes back further than that. I am trying to dig into the old files at http://www.rainlane.com to come up with that reference. Hang in there.
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However, according to another source, this reference to "Fat lady" goes back further than that. I am trying to dig into the old files at http://www.rainlane.com to come up with that reference. Hang in there.
Read the last paragraph in the 7th message 第7楼 of this thread :
看漫畫,學習練習英語-2(Comic strip English #1) Fat Lady Sings
http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=27&ID=6467
It tells of what some people think of as the real origin of this phrase.
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Here is another political cartoon featuring the Fat Lady.
This came out after Al Gore conceded defeat in the last American presidential election.
Source: One more about the Fat Lady
The Treasure Island English Corner at 梅香潇雨论坛
http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=27&ID=6698
The man in the podium has a button with the word "Gore" on it.
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看漫畫,學習練習英語-2(Comic strip English #1) Fat Lady Sings
http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=27&ID=6467
It tells of what some people think of as the real origin of this phrase.
--
Here is another political cartoon featuring the Fat Lady.
This came out after Al Gore conceded defeat in the last American presidential election.
Source: One more about the Fat Lady
The Treasure Island English Corner at 梅香潇雨论坛
http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=27&ID=6698
The man in the podium has a button with the word "Gore" on it.
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