“c'est la”

The following 3 entries include the term c'est la.

c'est la guerre

French phrase

: that's war : it can't be helped

c'est la vie

French phrase

: that's life : that's how things happen

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

French quotation from Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

: the more that changes, the more it's the same thing : the more things change, the more they stay the same often shortened to plus ça change


What did you just call me?

  • brown chihuahua sitting on the floor with squinting eyes looking at the camera
  • Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a flibbertigibbet.
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