Phrase guide

all good things come to an end

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

Nothing good lasts forever.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nothing gold can stay

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُلّ الْأَشْيَاء الْجَيِّدَة تَنْتَهِي — nothing good lasts forever
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天下沒有不散的宴席 /天下没有不散的宴席 (tiānxià méiyǒu bùsàn de yànxí) — nothing good lasts forever
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人無千日好,花無百日紅 /人无千日好 — nothing good lasts forever
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花无百日红 (rén wú qiān rì hǎo, huā wú bǎi rì hóng) — nothing good lasts forever
  • Finnish: kaikki hyvä loppuu aikanaan — nothing good lasts forever
  • Finnish: aika aikaansa kutakin — nothing good lasts forever
  • French: toutes les bonnes choses ont une fin — nothing good lasts forever
  • German: alles hat ein Ende — nothing good lasts forever
  • Italian: tutte le cose belle devono finire — nothing good lasts forever
  • Malay: تياد يڠ ککل — nothing good lasts forever
  • Malay: يڠ هيدوڤ مڽاسرکن کماتين — nothing good lasts forever
  • Malay: tiada yang kekal — nothing good lasts forever
  • Malay: yang hidup menyasarkan kematian — nothing good lasts forever
  • Portuguese: tudo que é bom acaba — nothing good lasts forever
  • Russian: всему́ прихо́дит коне́ц (vsemú prixódit konéc) — nothing good lasts forever
  • Slovene: vse dobro se enkrat konča — nothing good lasts forever