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: kështu e ka jeta
• 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 hamine), دنیا همینه دیگه‎ (donyâ hamine dige), زندگی همین است‎ (zendegi hamin ast)
• Polish: samo 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