when all's said and done

Idioms  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

At the end of the day, when all's said and done... it's a wrap.

From BBC

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.

From Salon

When all’s said and done, it’s more likely that a product will be downcycled rather than recycled.

From The Verge

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.

From BBC

We laugh at the self-obsessed, self-referential, and frankly selfish pomposity of it all and rightly so, problem being that when all’s said and done, its colossal monstrosity is absolutely not to be messed with.

From The Guardian