c'est la viephr.

Brit.

/ˌseɪ lɑː ˈviː/,

/ˌseɪ lə ˈviː/, U.S.

/ˌseɪ lɑ ˈvi/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French c'est la vie.

Etymology: < French c'est la vie, lit. ‘that is life’ (late 17th cent. or earlier in contextual use in sense ‘such is life’, ‘life is like that’) < ce this, that, it + est is + la the + vie life (see vie n.¹). Compare earlier such is life and similar phrases at life n. Phrases 9c.

Expressing resignation at, or acceptance of, things as they are; = that's life at life n. Phrases 9c.

ΚΠ

1854 S. Robinson Hot Corn xvi. 357 That man is the husband of a lady, whom she addresses as her ‘dear friend’. Ah, well! C'est la vie in New York.

1892 Fortn. Rev. July 56 For all her girlish dreams of dignity and purity, she must tread in her mother the ‘marchioness's’ footsteps. C'est la vie, once again.

1910 Boston Daily Globe 6 Nov. 57/8 (heading) C'est la vie. King Manuel's portraits on way to oblivion.

1966 Lancet 17 Sept. 635/2 As we say pragmatically in Huddersfield, ‘C'est la vie, like!’

2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 198 Good while it lasted and that, but c'est la vie.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cest la vie
释义	c'est la viephr. Brit. /ˌseɪ lɑː ˈviː/, /ˌseɪ lə ˈviː/, U.S. /ˌseɪ lɑ ˈvi/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French c'est la vie. Etymology: < French c'est la vie, lit. ‘that is life’ (late 17th cent. or earlier in contextual use in sense ‘such is life’, ‘life is like that’) < ce this, that, it + est is + la the + vie life (see vie n.¹). Compare earlier such is life and similar phrases at life n. Phrases 9c. Expressing resignation at, or acceptance of, things as they are; = that's life at life n. Phrases 9c. ΚΠ 1854 S. Robinson Hot Corn xvi. 357 That man is the husband of a lady, whom she addresses as her ‘dear friend’. Ah, well! C'est la vie in New York. 1892 Fortn. Rev. July 56 For all her girlish dreams of dignity and purity, she must tread in her mother the ‘marchioness's’ footsteps. C'est la vie, once again. 1910 Boston Daily Globe 6 Nov. 57/8 (heading) C'est la vie. King Manuel's portraits on way to oblivion. 1966 Lancet 17 Sept. 635/2 As we say pragmatically in Huddersfield, ‘C'est la vie, like!’ 2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 198 Good while it lasted and that, but c'est la vie. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < phr.1854
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