English

Phrase

c’est la vie

1. That's life; such is life.
   • 2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §1.4

     Incidentally, it is common to store Prolog code in files with a .pl suffix. It’s an indication of what the file contains (namely Prolog code) and with some Prolog implementations you don’t actually have to type in the .pl suffix when you consult a file. Nice — but there is a drawback. Files containing Perl scripts usually have a .pl suffix too, and nowadays there are a lot of Perl scripts in use, so this can cause confusion. C’est la vie.

See also

• life's a bitch
• **** happens
• that's life
• this is the life

Translations

References

• c'est la vie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• "c'est la vie" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Finnish

Etymology

From French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈselaviː/

Phrase

c'est la vie

1. c'est la vie

Synonyms

• sellaista elämä on
• sellaista se on

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s‿ɛ la vi/

Phrase

c'est la vie

1. that’s life, such is life, c’est la vie

Descendants

• English: c’est la vie
• Finnish: c’est la vie
• Venetian: ceste!