All's Well That Ends Well

noun

1. a comedy (1602?) by Shakespeare.

All's well that ends well

1. Problems that occur along the way do not matter as long as the outcome is happy.

This proverb was used as a title for one of William Shakespeare's comedies.

Idioms and Phrases

Everything has turned out satisfactorily, even though the outcome has been uncertain. For example, His lawyer persuaded Jack to plead guilty, but the court merely put him on probation—all's well that ends well. This proverb, dating from about 1250, gained even more currency as the title of a Shakespeare comedy.

Example Sentences

“All’s well that ends well” as they say, but during the entire Game 4 on Thursday night it felt to me like a game the Dodgers would lose as soon as the bullpen got to the mound, because they were not hitting worth a darn.

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All’s well that ends well, as evidenced by his three-run home run that powered the Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League division series opener.

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As usual, two abbreviated Backyard Bard stagings will be offered for those who prefer Bill bite-sized: “All’s Well That Ends Well” and “Julius Caesar.”

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Green’s last play with Shakes was “All’s Well That Ends Well,” in which she played Helena, a woman who employs a Shakespearean plot device that involves swapping out one woman for another in a man’s bed, aka the bed trick.

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The idea began when Green played Helena in a production of Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well,” a story whose resolution hinges on a plot device known as the bed trick — essentially, the secret substitution of one woman for another in a man’s bed.

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