that's life
Resigned verbal shrug
That's life is a resigned acknowledgment that disappointing or unfair things happen and must be accepted.
It expresses philosophical acceptance rather than complaint: I didn't get the job, but that's life.
The phrase suggests some situations are beyond our control—we can only shrug and move on.
- que sera seraAccept what comes philosophy
- c'est la vieResigned acceptance phrase
- existenceState of being real
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- fatePredetermined course of events
destiny · roll with the punches · frustration · absurdity · acceptance · grin and bear it · stoicism · impermanence · it is what it is · shit happens · resilience · melancholy · live and let live · nostalgia · disappointment · karma · roll of the dice · hope
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- Resignationresign, resigned, I give up, I surrender, I concede
that, life, that's, lives, lived, lively, liveliness, livelihood, lifeless