that's life
that's life phrase: expressing an acceptance of misfortune.
Phrase
that's life
- Expressing an acceptance of misfortune.
- [T]hen he shrugged his shoulders and said, with admirable philosophy: "Well, that's life, ain't it, bud?"1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 87
Synonyms of that's life
- c'est la vie
- life's a bitch
- shit happens
- such is life
- it is as it is
- it is how it is
- it is what it is
- so be it
- so is life
- so it goes
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
Antonyms
Questions about that's life
- What does that's life mean?
- That's life means expressing an acceptance of misfortune.
- What part of speech is that's life?
- That's life is a phrase.
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