French idioms

À la longue

• In the long term
• when all is said an done
• to cut a long story short
• as a matter of fact

Au bout du compte

• When all is said and done
• as a matter of fact
• on the other hand
• how sad

En fait

• As a matter of fact
• fortunately/luckily
• to cut a long story short
• in the long term

Enfin/bref

• To cut a long story short
• in the long term
• fortunately/luckily
• rumour has it

Le bruit court que

• Rumour has it that
• on the other hand
• in the long term
• as a matter of fact

Par bonheur

• Fortunately/luckily
• rumour has it
• as a matter of fact
• to cut a long story short

Par contre

• On the other hand
• to cut a long story short
• with regards to
• when all is said and done

Quant à

• As for / With respect to

• when all is said and done

• rumour has it

• At the end of the day

Quel honte

• As for / with regard to

• how sad

• fortunately / luckily

• How shameful

Quelle tristesse

• rumour has it

• fortunately / luckily

• to cut a long story short

• How sad