life's a bitch
life's a bitch phrase: life can be tough, unpleasant, unrewarding.
Phrase
life's a bitch
- Life can be tough, unpleasant, unrewarding.
- Life's a bitch, but God forbid the bitch divorce me1996, “Affirmative Action”, in It Was Written, performed by Nas
- Glory days don't mean shit to me
I drank a six-pack of apathy
Life's a bitch, and so am I1997, “The Grouch”, in Nimrod, performed by Green Day
Synonyms of life's a bitch
- c'est la vie
- it is as it is
- it is how it is
- it is what it is
- shit happens
- so be it
- so is life
- so it goes
- such is life
- that's life
8 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- that's that and this is this
- that's the way it goes
- that’s the way it plays
- that's the way life is
- that's the way the ball bounces
- that's the way the cookie crumbles
- that's the way the mop flops
- them's the breaks
Questions about life's a bitch
- What does life's a bitch mean?
- Life's a bitch means life can be tough, unpleasant, unrewarding.
- What part of speech is life's a bitch?
- Life's a bitch is a phrase.
Words near life's a bitch in the dictionary
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