c'est la vie
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French c’est la vie.
Pronunciation edit
Phrase edit
- An expression of acceptance of misfortune in life; that's life; such is life; so it goes
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:that's life
- 2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §1.4
- Incidentally, it is common to store Prolog code in files with a .pl suffix. It’s an indication of what the file contains (namely Prolog code) and with some Prolog implementations you don’t actually have to type in the .pl suffix when you consult a file. Nice — but there is a drawback. Files containing Perl scripts usually have a .pl suffix too, and nowadays there are a lot of Perl scripts in use, so this can cause confusion. C’est la vie.
Translations edit
such is life — see such is life
See also edit
- that's life
- it is what it is
- things happen
- it can't be helped
- this is the life
- life's a bitch
- shit happens
References edit
- c'est la vie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- "c'est la vie" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
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c'est la vie
Synonyms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From French c’est la vie.
Phrase edit
c’est la vie
Synonyms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “that is life”.
Pronunciation edit
Phrase edit
- that's life, such is life, c'est la vie
- Synonym: ainsi va la vie
Descendants edit
- → Danish: c'est la vie
- → English: c'est la vie
- → Finnish: c’est la vie
- ⇒ Venetian: ceste!