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life's a bitch (and then you die)
Definition
› saying said when you find a situation difficult or have had a bad experienceDifficult things and peoplePreventing and impeding
(Definition of life's a bitch (and then you die) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a bitter pill (to swallow) idiom
- a hard/tough nut to crack idiom
- albatross noun (PROBLEM)
- bane noun
- handful noun (DIFFICULT PERSON)
- handicap noun (DIFFICULTY)
- headache noun (DIFFICULTY)
- hiccup noun (PROBLEM)
- impediment noun
- job noun (PROBLEM)
- labyrinth noun
- liability noun (RISK)
- long shot noun
- maze noun (RULES/IDEAS)
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- the sharp end noun
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