English-French translations for said and done

• dit et fait
  Ce que M. Staes a dit et fait, autrement dit qu' il soit allé se rendre compte sur place de la situation, est le fond de la question. What it comes down to, as Mr Staes has said and done, is going and seeing for yourself.
  Lorsque tout sera dit et fait, l'important pour les ministres des Finances sera de les faire parler " emploi ". When all is said and done, the important thing for Ministers of Finance is to get them talking 'jobs' .
  Quand tout a été dit et fait, ce ne sont pas les institutions - nombrilisme institutionnel -, mais leurs politiques qui sont importantes. When all is said and done, it is not the institutions - institutional navel-gazing - but their policies that are important.

Definition of said and done

• Agreed to and accomplished or finished

Examples

• When all is said and done, well look back at this and laugh

Related words

• when all is said and done
• easier said than done
• no sooner said than done
• better said than done
• I see, said the blind man
• it can be said