in the last analysis
Related to in the last analysis: in the final analysis
in the last analysis
When everything has been considered; when all the facts are known or the truth has come to light. In the last analysis, it is the lowest earners in society who have been hit worst by this economic downturn. Rebarbative though he may be, in the last analysis, his dismissal comes down to his incompetency at the job.
See also: analysis, last
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
in the ˌlast/ˌfinal aˈnalysis
used to say what is most important after everything has been discussed or considered: In the final analysis, humour is a matter of individual interpretation.See also: analysis, final, last
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
in the last analysis
In the end, after everything has been considered. This phrase, also put as in the final analysis, apparently is a translation of the French en dernier analyse. It was used by Edgar Allan Poe (Chambers’s Journal, 1844): “Now this mode of reasoning . . . what in the last analysis is it?”
See also: analysis, last
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- analysis
- in the final analysis
- in the last/final analysis
- after everything is said and done
- get (one's)/the facts straight
- get the facts straight
- in point of fact
- face (the) facts
- face facts
- facts are stubborn things