lady

it isn't over till the fat lady sings there is still time for a situation to change.

☞ This phrase comes from the saying the opera isn't over till the fat lady sings, which originated in the 1970s in the USA; it is doubtful whether any particular operatic production or prima donna was ever intended.

ladies who lunch women with the money and free time to meet for social lunches. informal

☞ This expression comes from the title of a 1970s song by Stephen Sondheim: 'A toast to that invincible bunch…Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch'. While it is often used of women who raise money for charity by organizing fashionable lunches, it is also often used in a derogatory way of women with the money and leisure to lunch at expensive restaurants.

Lady Bountiful a woman who engages in ostentatious acts of charity to impress others.

☞ Lady Bountiful is the name of a character in The Beaux' Stratagem (1707), a play by the Irish Restoration dramatist George Farquhar.

Lady Luck chance personified as a controlling power in human affairs.

Lady Muck a haughty or socially pretentious woman. British informal

lady of the night used euphemistically to refer to a prostitute.

词组	lady
释义	lady it isn't over till the fat lady sings there is still time for a situation to change. ☞ This phrase comes from the saying the opera isn't over till the fat lady sings, which originated in the 1970s in the USA; it is doubtful whether any particular operatic production or prima donna was ever intended. ladies who lunch women with the money and free time to meet for social lunches. informal ☞ This expression comes from the title of a 1970s song by Stephen Sondheim: 'A toast to that invincible bunch…Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch'. While it is often used of women who raise money for charity by organizing fashionable lunches, it is also often used in a derogatory way of women with the money and leisure to lunch at expensive restaurants. Lady Bountiful a woman who engages in ostentatious acts of charity to impress others. ☞ Lady Bountiful is the name of a character in The Beaux' Stratagem (1707), a play by the Irish Restoration dramatist George Farquhar. Lady Luck chance personified as a controlling power in human affairs. Lady Muck a haughty or socially pretentious woman. British informal lady of the night used euphemistically to refer to a prostitute.
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