such is life

such is life

English

Alternative forms

• so is life (archaic)

Phrase

such is life

1. Used to express the acceptance of misfortune in one's life.

   Of course I’m not happy about it, but such is life.

Synonyms

• c’est la vie
• che sara sara
• que sera sera
• that’s life

Translations

used to express the acceptance of misfortune

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: هكذا الدنيا‎ Libyan Arabic: هِكِّي الدِّنْيَا‎ Armenian: please add this translation if you can Asturian: asina ye la vida Basque: horrela da bizitza, horrelakoa da bizitza Belarusian: тако́е жыццё́ (takóje žyccjó) Bulgarian: такъ́в е живо́тът (takǎ́v e živótǎt) Catalan: així és la vida Chinese: Mandarin: 這就是生活／这就是生活 (zhè jiùshì shēnghuó), 生活就是這樣／生活就是这样 (shēnghuó jiùshì zhèyàng) Czech: takový je život, to je život Danish: sådan er livet, c'est la vie Dutch: zo is het leven Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: elämä on, sellaista elämä on, minkäs teet, c'est la vie French: c’est la vie (fr), la vie est ainsi faite Georgian: ასეთია ცხოვრება (asetia cxovreba) German: so ist das Leben Greek: έτσι είναι η ζωή (étsi eínai i zoḯ) Hebrew: אֵלֶּה הַחַיִּים‎ (ele hakhayim) Hungarian: ilyen az élet Icelandic: svona er lífið Indonesian: begitulah hidup Irish: sin an saol Italian: così è la vita, che sarà sarà (not grammatically correct in Italian) Jamaican Creole: a suh it guh, a suh di ting set Japanese: (informal) 人生はそういうものだ (jinsei wa sō iu mono da), 人生はそういうものです (jinsei wa sō iu mono desu), それが人生 (それがじんせい, sore ga jinsei), 仕方がない (shikata ga nai), しょうがない (shō ga nai) (it can't be helped) Korean: 그게 인생이야 (geuge insaeng'iya) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latin: ita vita Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: toks gyvenimas, toks jau gyvenimas Low German: German Low German: so is dat Leven Macedonian: таков е животот (takov e životot) Mongolian: амьдрал бол амьдрал (amʹdral bol amʹdral) Navajo: iiná ʼéí ʼákótʼé Norwegian: sånn er livet Persian: زندگی همینه‎ (zendegi hamineh), دنیا همینه دیگه‎ (donyâ hamineh digeh), زندگی همین است‎ (zendegi hamin ast) Polish: takie jest życie Portuguese: assim é a vida Romanian: asta-i viața Russian: такова́ жизнь (taková žiznʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: такав је живот Roman: takav je život Slovak: taký je život Slovene: tako je življenje Spanish: así es la vida, es lo que hay Swahili: hivyo ndivyo maisha yalivyo Swedish: sånt är livet (sv) Tamil: please add this translation if you can Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: işte hayat, hayat böyle, hayat böyledir, olur böyle şeyler Ukrainian: таке́ життя́ (také žyttjá) Welsh: fel'na mae hi

See also

• it is what it is