for all practical purposes
成語所屬單字practical
for all practical purposes — 慣用語
1. used to say that, even if a small technical difference still exists, the situati
1.慣用語
釋義
實際上；說到底
used to say that, even if a small technical difference still exists, the situation is in real life the same as the one you are describing.
例句
The old bridge is officially open, but for all practical purposes nobody dares to drive across it.
For all practical purposes, the two villages became one town after the new road joined them.