these things happen

Meaning

1. Oxford67% of films

   used to tell sb not to worry about sth they have done

   Don't worry, son. These things happen.

In the movies · 5

• Don't worry, son. These things happen.Trainspotting1996
• Now, come on. These things happen.Win Win2011
• but you know how these things happen. - No, I don't. How do they happen?The Return of the Living Dead1985
• These things happen.Fractured2019
• ...these things happen in war.The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 22015
• Thank you. These things happen.Men in Black: International2019
• I suppose these things happen.Fight Club1999
• "These things do happen."The Phantom of the Opera2004

Learn it in full scenes

• Win Win2011
  • Mike's Family Breakfast
  • Mike Stalls on a Broken Boiler
  • Mike Wants to Be Leo's Guardian
• Fight Club1999
  • Tyler Holds a Gun on Jack
  • Narrator Cries at Support Groups
  • Narrator and Marla Expose Each Other

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• anything can happen
• as it happens
• it so happens that
• accidents will happen
• in the event of
• shit happens
• an accident disaster waiting to happen
• happen on
• happen to