"shit happens" meaning in Anglais

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Phrase

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-shit happens.wav
  1. Locution exprimant un mélange de résignation et d’agacement devant un événement fâcheux. Tags: vulgar
    Sense id: fr-shit_happens-en-phrase-3kITw3IM Categories (other): Plaisanteries en anglais, Termes vulgaires en anglais
  2. Renforce la contradiction heureuse entre ce qui peut arriver (de mal) et ce qui s'est produit (de bien). Tags: vulgar
    Sense id: fr-shit_happens-en-phrase-F4JZ4RdR Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Termes vulgaires en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: c'est la vie, that's life, this is the life
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de shit (« merde ») et de happens (« se produit »), altération plaisante ducomposé de it (« ceci ») et de happens (« se produit »), littéralement « ce genre de choses se produit, ça arrive »."
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Locution exprimant un mélange de résignation et d’agacement devant un événement fâcheux."
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        "Par plaisanterie"
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        "vulgar"
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        {
          "text": "Shits happens, but so do miracles."
        }
      ],
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        "Renforce la contradiction heureuse entre ce qui peut arriver (de mal) et ce qui s'est produit (de bien)."
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    {
      "word": "c'est la vie"
    },
    {
      "word": "that's life"
    },
    {
      "word": "this is the life"
    }
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  "word": "shit happens"
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    "Composé de shit (« merde ») et de happens (« se produit »), altération plaisante ducomposé de it (« ceci ») et de happens (« se produit »), littéralement « ce genre de choses se produit, ça arrive »."
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        "Locution exprimant un mélange de résignation et d’agacement devant un événement fâcheux."
      ],
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        "Par plaisanterie"
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          "text": "Shits happens, but so do miracles."
        }
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      ],
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      "word": "c'est la vie"
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    {
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