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Source text in English

- "I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous."

- "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

- "You can observe a lot just by watchin'."

- "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

- "I can't concentrate when I'm thinking."

- "The future ain't what it used to be."

- "I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."

- "We're lost, but we're making good time."

- "Half the lies they tell about me aren't true."

- "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

- "It's like deja-vu, all over again."

- "It ain't over till it's over."

- Mrs. Lindsay: "You certainly look cool." Yogi Berra: "Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself."

- "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be."

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Submitted segment translations

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- "It ain't over till it's over."
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+29
A common modern saying with many versions, and this one has been attributed to various people. Simply means that you can't be absolutely sure of any outcome until the very end, e.g. in sport, the winner may fail a dope test
+13
I agree with the previous comment and would add that it is precisely because you can't be sure of the outcome until the very end that all hope is not lost.
+7
Wait and see.........Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.....in due time.........we're not finished yet.......
+4 | -1
Maybe his most serious phrase. Very common nowadays in all sports.
+1
The normal expression is "it aint over until X happens".
+2 | -1
This expression means that one should not admit defeat until the very end. Or, it means that one should not slow down when you realise that you will be defeated, but rather you should continue as if you believed that you will win, until the very end when

Till all is done, we don't know for sure what the outcome would be like.

Till all is done, we don't know for sure what the outcome would be like.
Baseball is very unpredictable, a good strike at the end of the last inning can change everything.
It's ain't over till it's over. Meaning do not give up. Еще не все потеряно

Translations of this segment (55 total; 46 unique)

No está acabado hasta que se acaba
No se termina hasta que se acaba
No termina hasta que termina
El juego no se acaba hasta que se termina
Esto no termina hasta el final
Esto no termina hasta que termina
Esto no se acaba, hasta que se acabe
Nada se acaba hasta que se acaba
Sólo ha terminado cuando ha terminado
Esto no se acaba hasta que se acaba
No se ha acabado hasta que se acaba
No se acaba hasta que se acabó
No se ha terminado hasta que no haya acabado
No se arriba al fin sin al fin llegar a riba
Nada termina hasta que se acaba
Esto no termina hasta que se haya acabado
No termina hasta que se acaba
No se acaba hasta que se acabe
No se termina hasta que se haya acabado
Nada acaba hasta que no acaba
Esto no se acaba, hasta que se acaba
No termina hasta que no haya terminado
Nada está decidido hasta que no lo está
La cosa no termina hasta que se terminó
No se acabó hasta que se acabó
Las cosas no se terminan hasta que se han terminado
No se ha acabado hasta que no se ha acabado
No se termina hasta que no se termina
Esto no se ha acabado hasta que se acabe
P’a que se acabe, se tiene que acabar
No se acaba, hasta que se termina
No se acaba hasta que se termina
No se termina hasta que no se acaba
No se termina hasta que se termina
Las cosas no se acaban hasta que se acaban
No es el final hasta que no finalice
No es el fin antes del fin
Las cosas no terminan hasta que acaban
No se acaba hasta que se termina, y punto
Nada se termina hasta que se acaba
Mientras hay vida hay esperanza
No se acabó hasta que se acaba
No se acaba hasta que se acabará
No se acaba hasta que se acaba
esto no acaba hasta que se acaba
Hasta que no acabe, no se acabó
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