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c'est la vie

[se la vee]
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French.
  1. that's life; such is life.
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British Dictionary definitions for c'est la vie

c'est la vie

  1. that's life
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c'est la vie in Culture

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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