all things considered

all things considered

Having weighed all aspects of a situation. Yeah, it rained a lot during our vacation, but all things considered, we had a great time. All things considered, she's making a great recovery.
See also: all, considered, thing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

all things conˈsidered

considering all the facts, especially the problems or difficulties, of a situation: She’s had a lot of problems since her husband died but she seems quite cheerful, all things considered.
See also: all, considered, thing
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

all things considered

When everything has been taken into account. The modern sense implies a careful weighing of all circumstances involved, making this phrase a precautionary one (compare it to when all’s said and done). G. K. Chesterton used it as the title of a collection of his essays (1908), and it also is the name of a thoughtful talk show on U.S. public radio. In both cases it is the idea of thoughtfulness that is stressed. In ordinary speech the phrase has been in common use for about a century.
See also: all, considered, thing
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • ne plus ultra
  • ultra
  • acceptable losses
  • put (one) up to (something)
  • put someone up to
  • put up to
  • Genius is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.
  • Genius is ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration
  • caucus race
  • dog days
References in classic literature
His character was not unkind, all things considered; it might have been a very kind one indeed, if he had only made some round mistake in the arithmetic that balanced it, years ago.
Hard Times
Yet, all things considered, she was not of an evil mind or an unkindly disposition.
Our Mutual Friend
It would be showy and picturesque enough, all things considered, though I would have preferred noonday, on account of the more theatrical aspect the thing would have.
Connecticut Yankee
Uncle Pumblechook, sensible of having deserved well of his fellow-creatures, said - quite vivaciously, all things considered - "Well, Mrs.
Great Expectations
Struthers's, or else arrive after she had started--which, all things considered, would no doubt be the simplest solution.
The Age of Innocence
All things considered, it was a relief when going-away time came.
Anne of The Island
For Hugh St John Vereker the day had gone, all things considered, swimminglythough he was himself no swimmer, not a man of water, truth to say, of any sortwell.
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