all's well that ends well

idiom

—used to say that a person can forget about how unpleasant or difficult something was because everything ended in a good way

We almost didn't make it here, but all's well that ends well.

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Though an innocent Garrett (Colton Dunn) cracks under the pressure and views of Dina's assets and falsely confesses to the crime, all's well that ends well as Glenn recovers some irregular produce from another Cloud 9 store, with his bosses none the wiser. —

Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024 Clearly, all's well that ends well: DWTS season 33 is in early days yet, but Graziadei and Johnson have found themselves near the top of the leaderboard in each of the first two weeks. —

Lauren Huff, EW.com, 1 Oct. 2024 But this being a modern-day Shakespearean romance, all's well that ends well. —

Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2024 And yet, all's well that ends well: Diddy made it to Khaled, with his golf cart in tact, and Miami will live to party another day. —

Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023 Milwaukee went on to win the 2021 title, so perhaps all's well that ends well. —

Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023

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