be (all) part of life's rich tapestry/pageant
Definition
› to be one of the difficult or bad experiences that is part of a full and interesting lifeEvents and occurrencesAccidents and disasters
(Definition of be (all) part of life's rich tapestry/pageant from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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BCE adverb
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bcnu
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be (a) party to sth idiom
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be (all) downhill idiom
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be (all) over bar the shouting idiom
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be (all) sweetness and light idiom
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be (all) the rage idiom
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be (as) busy as a bee idiom
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be (as) cold as ice idiom
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be (as) daft as a brush idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- -athon suffix
- a close/near thing idiom
- action noun (ACTIVITY)
- all-nighter noun
- back story noun
- binge noun
- coincidence noun
- development noun (THING THAT HAPPENS)
- event noun
- happening noun
- history noun (PARTICULAR RECORD)
- incident noun
- jamboree noun
- milestone noun (IMPORTANT EVENT)
- near miss noun (HIT)
- past noun (TIME BEFORE)
- spectacle noun (UNUSUAL EVENT)
- synchronicity noun
- to-ing and fro-ing noun
- turn of events noun
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