c'est la guerre
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By the way, the trailer and one-sheet don’t seem to be aware “Last Mercenary” is a comedy, but c’est la guerre.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2021
Then the nation will get back to business, and the business of the nation these days is balancing the budget, and if balancing the budget requires cutting back on veterans' medical care--well, c'est la guerre.
From Time Magazine Archive
If they happened to have been five minutes in France they might have philosophically added "c'est la guerre."
From The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 by Wilson, S. J.
To all of which she replied quite simply, "Ah! monsieur, c'est la guerre!"
From Leaves from a Field Note-Book by Morgan, John Hartman
They told their stories simply and invariably finished with a shrug of the shoulders and the phrase "c'est la guerre n'est ce pas?"
From On the Fringe of the Great Fight by Nasmith, George G. (George Gallie)
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