when all's (is) said and done

In the end, nevertheless. This cumbersome locution dates from the sixteenth century. The OED cites Thomas Ingelend in The Disobedient Child (1560): “When all is saide and all is done, Concernynge all thynges both more and lesse.”

See also: and, done, said

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

really and truly
no love lost between them, there's
there's something in the wind
problem child
up one's sleeve, to have something
safe haven
moon (is) made of green cheese, (and) the
pick a bone (with someone), to
give someone his/her head, to
for my/one's money

词组	when all's (is) said and done
释义	when all's (is) said and done when all's (is) said and done In the end, nevertheless. This cumbersome locution dates from the sixteenth century. The OED cites Thomas Ingelend in The Disobedient Child (1560): “When all is saide and all is done, Concernynge all thynges both more and lesse.” See also: and, done, said The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: really and truly no love lost between them, there's there's something in the wind problem child up one's sleeve, to have something safe haven moon (is) made of green cheese, (and) the pick a bone (with someone), to give someone his/her head, to for my/one's money
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