c'est la vie

[ se la vee ]

French.

1. that's life; such is life.

c'est la vie

/ sɛ la vi /

(no translation)

1. that's life

C'est la vie

1. An expression used to play down some minor disappointment: “So we lost a softball game by twenty-two runs. What can you do; c'est la vie.” From French, meaning “that's life.”

Example Sentences

Le devoir, c'est l'me intrieure, c'est la vie de l'ducation—Duty is the inner soul, the life of education.

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