Movie idioms

At my daughter’s piano recital, she ended up stealing the show by going on stage but refusing to play, making all the other parents laugh!

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  When the anthropology professor had to bring his son to class with him one day, his son stole the show with how cute and entertaining he was.
  

18. A show stopper
To be a show stopper, something has to literally stop the show. For one reason or another – good or bad, the show has to be paused for a short time before continuing. The reason can be a song in a Broadway musical, after which most people applaud, or a horrible shock or accident that causes everything to stop while the injury is tended to.

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  The twist at the end of the play was a complete show stopper; you could hear the gasps and the whispers in the audience for a full three minutes after it was revealed!
  
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  It looked like the broken stage lights would be a show stopper until the technician came and fixed it all for us.
  

19. It’s not over until the fat lady sings
This is one of the most well known and most used idioms from show business. When you say, “It’s not over until the fat lady sings,” it is a silly expression that means that nothing is over until it is truly over. Some people want to leave or give up if they are lagging behind in the score after the third quarter.
However, the truly experienced players know that they could still make a comeback in that last quarter. Instead of giving up prematurely, they will keep playing hard until the end. In this case, you would say, “It’s not over until the fat lady sings,” to prod them and get them to stay focused.
This saying comes from the olden times when watching the opera was popular. The performances almost always ended with an overweight woman singing the last song. Because of this, those songs usually marked the end of the shows, and this saying came out of it.

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  We are so close to putting on the best show of our lives! Remember that it’s not over until the fat lady sings so don’t lose focus now.
  
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  All the fans thought that their baseball team was going to lose when they trailed by 4 runs at the bottom of the ninth inning, but they were able to score 5 runs and win the game! It’s not over until the fat lady sings.