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c'est la vie

[se la vee] / sɛ la ˈvi /


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“I think if a guy doesn’t want to be here for whatever reason, then c’est la vie, it’s all good.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

The term never caught on — ut c’est la vie.

From The Verge ● May 31, 2022

There was little other action on the Senate floor as the hours passed, even as the Assembly chugged along with various minor bills and a vague sense of c’est la vie.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2018

Beautiful hair came at a price, but I figured a scalp dotted with blisters was mine: c’est la vie.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2017

The French version of the same idea is in no way inferior to the Greek: On entre, on crie, Et c'est la vie!

From Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 by Evelyn Baring


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