What does it's not over until the fat lady sings mean?

it's not over until the fat lady sings

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

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"Despite Yaffe’s ruling, Bradford said he was unbothered by Tuesday’s decision. “It’s not over until the fat lady sings, and you can quote me on that,” he said, noting his intention to appeal Yaffe’s decision."
"Just when you think it’s all over, there’s another tale to be told … What do they say? ‘It’s not over until the fat lady sings.’"
"“Of course we can’t treat anything as being in the bag. Not just yet.” / Claire appeared to agree. “Naturally. What do they say? It’s not over until the fat lady sings.” / “It’s not over until Terence is kind enough to sign. Which he will.”"

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