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story of my life

story of my life phrase: used to ruefully indicate that a previously described incident (often a mishap) typically tends to be experienced by the speaker.

Phrase

story of my life

  1. Used to ruefully indicate that a previously described incident (often a mishap) typically tends to be experienced by the speaker.
    • I asked the new girl at work to go out for a meal — and she got off with the waiter. That's the story of my life!

Questions about story of my life

What does story of my life mean?
Story of my life means used to ruefully indicate that a previously described incident (often a mishap) typically tends to be experienced by the speaker.
What part of speech is story of my life?
Story of my life is a phrase.

Words near story of my life in the dictionary

  1. Story County
  2. story editor
  3. story editors
  4. story line
  5. story lines
  6. story of my life
  7. story of one's life
  8. story point
  9. story time
  10. story times
  11. story-poem

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