“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


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