so it goes

English

Phrase

so it goes

1. An expression of acceptance of misfortune in life; that's life; such is life
   • 1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., chapter 1, in Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC, page 1:

     His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes.

See also

• so it seems

Anagrams

• goosiest