What Is Ended Well?
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...
—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.
What is the origin of the saying all's well that ends well?
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms states that this proverb dates back to around 1250 A.D. Might by all the substance that they can fell. Well aunt (quoth Ales) all is well that endes well. The phrase became quite popular after Shakespeare's play of the same name was written—between 1604 and 1605.
What do you call it when something ends?
conclusion. noun. formal the end of something.