a fact of life

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   a situation that cannot be changed, especially one that is unpleasant

   People think foot pain is a fact of life, but life is actually better than that.

   But that's a fact of life your ass is gonna have to get realistic about.

In the movies · 3

• That's a fact of life.Creed2015
• Now, that's a hard motherfuckin' fact of life.Pulp Fiction1994
• People think foot pain is a fact of life, but life is actually better than that.Me and You and Everyone We Know2005
• You gotta. It's a fact of life.The Secret Life of Pets 22019
• One is staying here, working late, that's gonna be a fact of life.Hidden Figures2016
• But that's a fact of life your ass is gonna have to get realistic about.Pulp Fiction1994
• Laugh at nothing but the fact that life is good.Mully2015
• And those, Andrew, are the so-called facts of life.Bicentennial Man1999

Learn it in full scenes

• Creed2015
  • Adonis Asks Rocky to Train Him
  • Adonis and Bianca's First Date
  • Rocky Agrees to Train Adonis

From the same entry

• after the fact
• the fact is
• facts and figures
• the facts of life
• the facts speak for themselves
• in fact
• Is that a fact
• as a matter of fact
• in point of fact

More idioms

• a matter of hours
• be glued to
• be struck by
• first off
• fly out the window
• have in mind
• if all else fails
• not hear the end of it
• so much for
• stand a chance
• clean up your act
• i give you that