| 词汇 | that-s life |
| 词源 | that’s life; that’s the way it goes; that’s the way the ball bounces. That’s life, meaning “that’s fate, that’s the fortunes of life, the way things happen,” probably dates back at least to the turn of the century. It is thought to be a loan translation of the French c’est la vie. The American expression That’s the way the ball bounces, meaning the same, appears to have originated with U.S. forces in Korea, while the synonymous that’s the way it goes came into the language a little later. |
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