that's life

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And the whole business proves, happily, to have a lot of heart — broken sometimes, but that’s life, even in Toontown.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

"The last year-and-a-half has had its ups and downs, but that's life and that's how football is," he told Celtic's website.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

“I like that,” he adds, “because that’s life in a way. Everything’s subjective.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

It’s modest compared with the residences of all my Sims, and every bill and breakage leaves me wishing I could just type rosebud and make it go away—but that’s life.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2024

I'm sure we ventured our money, and that's life and soul to me.——Sir, we'll maintain you no longer.

From The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee by Farquhar, George