such is life

English

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so is life (archaic)

Phrase

such is life

Used to express the acceptance of misfortune in one's life.
Synonyms: c'est la vie, that's life; see also Thesaurus:that's life

Of course I’m not happy about it, but such is life.

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used to express the acceptance of misfortune

Albanian: kështu e ka jeta
Arabic: هكذا الدنيا
Libyan Arabic: هِكِّي الدِّنْيَا
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: asina ye la vida
Basque: horrela da bizitza, horrelakoa da bizitza
Belarusian: тако́е жыццё́ (takóje žyccjó)
Bulgarian: такъ́в е живо́тът (takǎ́v e živótǎt)
Catalan: així és la vida
Chinese:
Mandarin: 這就是生活／这就是生活 (zhè jiùshì shēnghuó), 生活就是這樣／生活就是这样 (shēnghuó jiùshì zhèyàng)
Czech: takový je život, to je život
Danish: sådan er livet, c'est la vie
Dutch: zo is het leven
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: elämä on, sellaista elämä on, minkäs teet, c’est la vie
French: c’est la vie (fr), la vie est ainsi faite
Georgian: ასეთია ცხოვრება (asetia cxovreba)
German: so ist das Leben
Greek: έτσι είναι η ζωή (étsi eínai i zoḯ)
Hebrew: אֵלֶּה הַחַיִּים (ele hakhayim)
Hungarian: ilyen az élet
Icelandic: svona er lífið
Indonesian: begitulah hidup
Irish: sin an saol
Italian: così è la vita, che sarà sarà (not grammatically correct in Italian)
Jamaican Creole: a suh it guh, a suh di ting set
Japanese: (informal) 人生はそういうものだ (jinsei wa sō iu mono da), 人生はそういうものです (jinsei wa sō iu mono desu), それが人生 (それがじんせい, sore ga jinsei), 仕方がない (shikata ga nai), しょうがない (shō ga nai) (it can't be helped)
Korean: 그게 인생이야 (geuge insaeng'iya)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: ita vita
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: toks gyvenimas, toks jau gyvenimas
Low German:
German Low German: so is dat Leven
Macedonian: таков е животот (takov e životot)
Mongolian: амьдрал бол амьдрал (amʹdral bol amʹdral)
Navajo: iiná ʼéí ʼákótʼé
Norwegian: sånn er livet
Persian: زندگی همینه (zendegi hamine), دنیا همینه دیگه (donyâ hamine dige), زندگی همین است (zendegi hamin ast)
Polish: samo życie
Portuguese: assim é a vida
Romanian: asta-i viața
Russian: такова́ жизнь (taková žiznʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: такав је живот

Roman: takav je život
Slovak: taký je život
Slovene: tako je življenje
Spanish: así es la vida, es lo que hay
Swahili: hivyo ndivyo maisha yalivyo
Swedish: sånt är livet (sv)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: işte hayat, hayat böyle, hayat böyledir, olur böyle şeyler
Ukrainian: таке́ життя́ (také žyttjá)
Welsh: fel'na mae hi

such is life

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