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it's in the cards

INTERJECTION
c'est la vie
Synonyms
WEAK
it is fated oh well que sera sera such is life that's how the cookie crumbles that's life that's reality what will be will be

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“I just don’t think it’s in the cards in 2024.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

“If it’s in the cards for me to still do that, then obviously I’m going to do everything in my power to make that happen,” Gray said Tuesday.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

So: Breastfeeding is great if it’s in the cards for you.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2024

The rest, as they say, it’s in the cards.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2017

I guess it's in the cards that one of us will get the other some day.

From The Bells of San Juan by Gregory, Jackson