one of those things

one of those things
one of those things
A happening one cannot account for or do anything to prevent
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Main Entry:thing

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(just) one of those things
informal used to indicate that one wishes to pass over an unfortunate event or experience by regarding it as unavoidable or to be accepted

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one of those things
informal
— used to refer to a bad or unfortunate experience that happened and to say that such experiences happen to everyone

I missed the train and had to take a later one. It was just one of those things, I guess.

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Main Entry:thing

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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