| 单词 | when all is said and done |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhen all is said and done d. when all is said and done and variants: (used to indicate that one is making a generalized judgement) when everything is taken into consideration; after all, ‘at the end of the day’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > at all events, at any rate alwayc1405 alwaysa1413 of all hands1548 when all is said and done?1570 after all1590 howevera1616 at all rates1667 at any rate1730 whether or no1784 anyhow1799 anyways1828 anyhows1830 anyway1832 any road1855 anywise1859 whatever1870 any old how1900 anyhoo1924 nohow1926 anyroads1929 ?1570 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child sig. A.iii Whan all is saide and all is done, Concernynge all thynges both more and lesse Yet lyke to the Schole none vnder the Sonne Bryngeth to children so much heauynesse. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus sig. S iii It must be as the woman will, when all is said & done. 1645 D. Cawdrey Sabbatum Redivivum i. i. 2 When all is said and done, it [sc. a moral law] will be still an ambiguous Terme, and liable to mistakes and quarrels. 1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum i. i. 82 When all is said and done, Machiavils old Rule is a Sacred Maxime with these sort of Men. 1742 London Mag. Oct. 512/2 Little minds,—when all is said and done,—Judge of another's motives by their own. 1763 J. Hall-Stevenson Queries to Critical Reviewers in Pastoral Cordial 39 And yet, when all is said and done, This Something's nothing but a Pun. 1842 Southern Planter Mar. 70/1 We may be wrong, but we believe, that, after all is said and done, the Indian corn, well cultivated, will be found to be the best crop we can make. 1881 E. Lynn Linton My Love! III. 244 He is a bit of a bumbler when all is said and done. 1928 M. Wilkinson Edict of Nantes (C.T.S.) 29 When all is said Bâville was responsible for a good deal of cruelty. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier iv. 73 When all is said and done, the most important thing is that people shall live in decent houses and not in pigsties. 1952 M. Laski Village v. 98 After all, Friday's pay-day when all's said and done. 1981 R. Barnard Mother's Boys iv. 49 I know. Still, when all's said and done—. 2007 W. Cane Kiss like Star 55 When all's said and done, saying goodbye with a kiss is really quite romantic. < as lemmas |
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