this is the life
• an expression of contentment with one's present circumstances.
• "Ice cubes clinked in crystal glasses. ‘This is the life,’ she said"
that's life
• an expression of one's acceptance of a situation, however difficult.
• "we'll miss each other, but still, that's life"
Similar:
the way of the world,
the world,
the way things go,
the way of it,
the human condition,
the times we live in,
the usual state of affairs,
the school of hard knocks,
fate,
destiny,
providence,
kismet,
karma,
fortune,
luck,
chance,
the way the cookie crumbles,
