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Where does c’est la vie come from? me.me C’est la vieliterally means “this is the life” in French, taken as “that’s life.” Found in French well before, the expression was borrowed into English by the 1880s. While modern French speakers certainly understand the phrase,c’est la...
But under the same circumstances, I’ve seen many French people shrug and say C’est la vie (such is life) – or some variation of that. C’est la vie is an expression you might have heard, too, even outside of your French lessons or travels. It’s one of those terms that’s ...