life's a bitch and then you die

life's a bitch and then you die

English

Etymology

The earliest known appearance of the phrase is in the Washington Post in 1982.[1]

Proverb

life's a bitch and then you die

1. (informal, vulgar) An expression of acceptance of misfortune in life.

Translations

expect the worst

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 人活著就是來受苦的, 人活着就是来受苦的 (rén huózhe jiùshì lái shòukǔ de) Czech: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: toivo parasta, odota pahinta French: la vie, c'est nul et après on meurt German: Nur der Tod ist umsonst und selbst der kostet das Leben. (saying) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: жизнь — копе́йка, судьба́ — злоде́йка (žiznʹ — kopéjka, sudʹbá — zlodéjka, literally “life costs a kopeck, destiny is a villain”) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

1. Garson O'Toole (2016-10-16), “Life Is Hard and Then You Die”, in Quote Investigator, retrieved 2022-02-25