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Translation for 'Shit happens' from English to French

	Mauvaise pioche !	Shit happens! `[vulg.]`
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	accessoirement `{adv}`	as it happens
	Cela n'arrive presque jamais.	It hardly ever happens.
	Rien n'est fortuit.	Nothing happens by chance.
	Il se trouve que je suis libre.	It so happens I'm free. `[available]`
	chier `[vulg.]`	to shit `[vulg.]` 3
	merde `{f}` `[vulg.]`	shit `[vulg.]` 4
	Tant pis pour qn. !	Tough shit! `[vulg.]`
	occup. boulot `{m}` merdique `[vulg.]`	shit job `[vulg.]`
	Tant pis pour toi ! `[fam.]`	Tough shit! `[vulg.]`
	Zut alors ! `[fam.]` `[loc.]`	Holy shit! `[coll.]`
	À peine ! `[fam.]`	No shit! `[vulg.]`
	être merdique `[vulg.]`	to be shit `[vulg.]`
	zool. crotte `{f}` de chien	dog shit `[vulg.]`
	zool. merde `{f}` de chien `[rude]`	dog shit `[vulg.]`
	boulot `{m}` de merde `[péj.]` `[vulg.]`	shit work `[vulg.]`
	fouteur `{m}` de merde `[fam.]` `[vulg.]`	shit-stirrer `[coll.]` `[vulg.]`
	avoir les jetons `[fam.]`	to shit bricks `[coll.]` `[fig.]`
	emmerdeur `{m}`	shit-stirrer `[coll.]` `[vulg.]`
	merdeux `{adj}` `[vulg.]`	covered in shit `[vulg.]`
	trou `{m}` paumé `[fam.]` `[péj.]` `[lieu]`	shit-hole `[coll.]` `[vulg.]`

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Translation for 'Shit happens' from English to French

Shit happens! [vulg.]: Mauvaise pioche !
as it happens: accessoirement {adv}
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It hardly ever happens.: Cela n'arrive presque jamais.
Nothing happens by chance.: Rien n'est fortuit.
It so happens I'm free. [available]: Il se trouve que je suis libre.
to shit [vulg.]: chier [vulg.]
shit [vulg.]: merde {f} [vulg.]
Tough shit! [vulg.]: Tant pis pour qn. !

Tant pis pour toi ! [fam.]
shit job [vulg.]: boulot {m} merdique [vulg.]occup.
Holy shit! [coll.]: Zut alors ! [fam.] [loc.]
No shit! [vulg.]: À peine ! [fam.]
to be shit [vulg.]: être merdique [vulg.]
dog shit [vulg.]: crotte {f} de chienzool.

merde {f} de chien [rude]zool.
shit work [vulg.]: boulot {m} de merde [péj.] [vulg.]
shit-stirrer [coll.] [vulg.]: fouteur {m} de merde [fam.] [vulg.]

emmerdeur {m}
to shit bricks [coll.] [fig.]: avoir les jetons [fam.]
covered in shit [vulg.]: merdeux {adj} [vulg.]
shit-hole [coll.] [vulg.]: trou {m} paumé [fam.] [péj.] [lieu]

Usage Examples English

Carr often disparaged Entercom on the air, sometimes reacting to equipment failures by saying "Entercom happens" (adapting the fatalistic expression "shit happens").
"Shit happens" is a slang phrase that is used as a simple existential observation that life is full of unpredictable events, similar to "c'est la vie".
Everyone has days where nothing seems to go right but recognizing that it's just a moment and shit happens is what's most important.
Newly seated Senator Ronald dela Rosa made a statement about the death of a 3-year-old child named Myka Ulpina in crossfire during police operations in Rodriguez, Rizal on June 29, 2019, reacting to the incident by saying "shit happens".
In an interview for "The Observer", Lewis explained: "Because we're old enough to know that hey, life's not perfect, and it's not like: 'I'm in love and nothing bad will ever happen to me …' No. Shit happens."

A "Pssh" sound precedes the phrase "It happens" on all but the second chorus, so as to make the phrase sound like "shit happens".
In 2006 B&L expanded with "Carlsen Cartoon and Humor", publishing bestseller cartoons such as "Nichtlustig" by Joscha Sauer and "Shit happens!

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