at the end of the day en · ADP
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(idiomatic) In summary; ultimately.
Christ’s flock is but a little flock, comparatively conſidered, Luke xii. 32. &c. They are but little in reſpect of their numbers. Indeed abſtractly conſidered, at the end of the day, they will make an “innumerable company, which no man can number;” but, viewed in compariſon of the wicked, they are but few:[…]
c. 1737–1754, Ebenezer Erskine, “The Sovereignty of Zion’s King. Being the Substance of Several Sermons, on Psal. ii. 6. The First Preached at Perth Before the Associate Presbytery, Thursday, Oct. 13. 1737, and Afterwards Enlarged upon at Stirling, for Some Sabbaths Thereafter.”, in The Whole Works of the Late Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Erskine, Minister of the Gospel at Stirling; Consisting of Sermons and Discourses, on the Most Important and Interesting Subjects, volume II, Edinburgh: […] D. Schaw and Co., […] for Alex. M‘Leran, […], published 1798, section “The Second Sermon on This Text”, page 530:At the end of the day, it is commodities that will have the biggest impact on the Canadian dollar over the next year.
2009 February 24, Levi Folk, “'Goldilocks' dollar is happy here”, in Financial Post, Canada, retrieved 25 Feb 2009:Arms control was always something between a sham and a sideshow. . . . [A]t the end of the day, a democratic Russia integrated into the West becomes no more a nuclear threat to us than Britain or France.
1991 August 5, Charles Krauthammer, “Why Arms Control Is Obsolete”, in Time:
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am Ende des Tages · al final del día · στο τέλος της ημέρας
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to recap · in summary · basically · essentially · when all is said and done · to summarize · in the end · ATEOTD (in summary; ultimately) · to sum up
Translations (52)
fi loppupeleissä (in summary; ultimately) · hu végül is (in summary; ultimately) · cy yn y pen draw (in summary; ultimately) · cmn 到頭來 /到头来 (in summary; ultimately) · fr en fin de compte (in summary; ultimately) · cy pan ddaw hi'n gyfrif (in summary; ultimately) · da til syvende og sidst (in summary; ultimately) · pl ostatecznie (in summary; ultimately) · fi loppupelissä (in summary; ultimately) · fr au bout du compte (in summary; ultimately) · sv till syvende och sist (in summary; ultimately) · pl w ostatecznym rozrachunku (in summary; ultimately) · es a fin de cuentas (in summary; ultimately) · de am Ende des Tages (in summary; ultimately) · fa در پایان روز (in summary; ultimately) · nl uiteindelijk (in summary; ultimately) · pl koniec końców (in summary; ultimately) · cmn 畢竟 /毕竟 (in summary; ultimately) · wa al fén do conte (in summary; ultimately) · sv i slutändan (in summary; ultimately) · ga i ndeireadh na dála (in summary; ultimately) · nl aan het einde van de rit (in summary; ultimately) · pt no fim das contas (in summary; ultimately) · hu végső soron (in summary; ultimately) · da når alt kommer til alt (in summary; ultimately) · wa å dbout do conte (in summary; ultimately) · ko 최종적(最終的)으로 (in summary; ultimately) · fi kaiken kaikkiaan (in summary; ultimately) · pl na koniec dnia (in summary; ultimately) · cy ar derfyn y dydd (in summary; ultimately) · pt no final de contas (in summary; ultimately) · ko 결국 (in summary; ultimately) · hu végeredményben (in summary; ultimately) · ka ბოლოს და ბოლოს (in summary; ultimately) · mt fl-aħħar tal-ġurnata (in summary; ultimately) · mt fi tmiem il-jum (in summary; ultimately) · de letzten Endes (in summary; ultimately) · es al fin y al cabo (in summary; ultimately) · ar فِي نِهايَةِ الْمَطاف (in summary; ultimately) · ca al cap i a la fi (in summary; ultimately) · el τελοσπάντων (in summary; ultimately) · it in fin dei conti (in summary; ultimately) · hu végtére is (in summary; ultimately) · cmn 最終 /最终 (in summary; ultimately) · ka საბოლოო ჯამში (in summary; ultimately) · ru в конце́ концо́в (in summary; ultimately) · nl op het einde van de rit (in summary; ultimately) · fr au final (in summary; ultimately) · fi lopulta (in summary; ultimately) · it per ultima cosa (in summary; ultimately) · tr nihayetinde (in summary; ultimately) · gd aig a' cheann thall (in summary; ultimately)