In 1965, duo Sonny & Cher released “Sing c’est la vie” while the band Stereophonics came out with their own “C’est La Vie” in 2015.Ī number of English-language books about French life and culture incorporate c’est la vie in their titles, such as the 2017 self-help book C’est La Vie: The French Art of Letting Go.
The idiom is so widely recognized that it titles various works in popular culture. While modern French speakers certainly understand the phrase, c’est la vie is especially common among English speakers, used either as a handy or fancy way to say “That’s life!” especially in the face of minor setbacks. Just to explain some facts about this song, it was re-made after Cheb Hassni got killed, for those who dont know who Cheb Hassni was, he was a super star in Rai Music and from the same city ORAN as cheb Khaled and got assasinated by islamic insurgeants GIA (Islamic Armed Group) who were trying to overthrow the gvt of Algeria and were 100. C’est la vie literally 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.
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