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c'est la vie

exclamation
 
 
/ˌseɪ.læˈviː/

Definition

used to say that situations of that type happen in life, and you cannot do anything about them: I can't go to the football on Saturday - I've got to work. Oh well, c'est la vie.Foreign words and phrases used in EnglishExpressions used to describe situations
(Definition of c'est la vie exclamation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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