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I 'd like to know if there is a similar slang/idiom in English to a Chinese saying "Living or death , poverty or richness is a fate/destiny, determined by the god, something you have little or no control;

I like this , is there any such similar slang in English? please teach me. I am not native English

Philip · Accepted Answer

predestination?  preordination?

Kenny1999 · Answer

no predestination

just want to express one's personal feeling that how long one can live is fixed and how wealth one can own is also fixed, life is fixed

Anonymous · Answer

Some examples:

From French, but now part of English: C'est la vie. (That's life; you can't do anything about it.)

From Italian, now part of English: Que sera, sera. (Whatever will be, will be.)

Eat, drink, and be merry. (That is, just enjoy life, because you have no control over things.)

I'm Fortune's fool. (Fate controls everything, and I'm just a **** in the game of life.)

Just go with the flow. (You have no control over life, so just go along with it.)

You've got to play with the hand you were dealt. (You were dealt a hand of cards by Fate at birth, and you have to play those cards, and no others, during the rest of your life.)

From Spanish, now part of English: Mañana. (That is, I'll look into it tomorrow: you can't do anything really about anything in life, and so put it off till tomorrow, and then tomorrow put it off until the next day, and then the next, etc.)

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousFrom Italian, now part of English: Que sera, sera. (Whatever will be, will be.)

That's Spanish. The Italian is "Che sara, sara".

CJ

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