that's life

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that's life

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  1. Expressing an acceptance of misfortune. [T]hen he shrugged his shoulders and said, with admirable philosophy: "Well, that's life, ain't it, bud?"

    Similar: c'est la vie, life's a bitch, shit happens, such is life, it is as it is, it is how it is, it is what it is, so be it, so is life, so it goes, that's life, that's that and this is this

Opposite: blow this for a game of soldiers, screw this, this is the life

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@misc{that_s_life_2026,
  title = {that's life},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/that's%20life},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}