c'est la vie
[ se la vee ]
/ sɛ la ˈvi /
French.
that's life; such is life.
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British Dictionary definitions for c'est la vie
c'est la vie
/ French (sɛ la vi) /
that's life
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Cultural definitions for c'est la vie
C'est la vie
[ (say lah vee) ]
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.”
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