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when all's said and done
Idioms and Phrases
Also, after all is said and done . In the end, nevertheless, as in When all's said and done, the doctors did what they could for Gordon, but he was too ill to survive . This term was first recorded in 1560.Example Sentences
At the end of the day, when all's said and done... it's a wrap.
The Eastwood story leads to a fantasy sequence in which Daniels dreams up an Oscars telecast punctuated by a stream of all the actors shot on film by Eastwood, and then he sings the song “Dirty Harry Blues,” with the lyrics: “Well, if I had to guess/Off the top of my head/When all’s said and done/One of us is gonna be dead.”
When all's said and done, I sit down to the first thing I've made that's mine and honors the place I now live.
When all’s said and done, it’s more likely that a product will be downcycled rather than recycled.
That's what it is, it's just a group of people when all's said and done, so I think it will very poignant, of course, to see the Queen alone and to see her children and grandchildren mourning the loss of a father and grandfather.
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