life is like a box of chocolates

Life is unpredictable. A version of the phrase was popularized in the film Forrest Gump, in which it was followed by the second line: "You never know what you're gonna get." I didn't expect to get laid off, but hey, life is like a box of chocolates.

See also: box, chocolate, life, like, of

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tilda	['tildə]
Tristram	-	English (British)
Haines	['hainz]
Federico	fe-dhe-REE-ko (Spanish), fe-de-REE-ko (Italian)	Spanish, Italian
Marlene	mahr-LE-nə (German), MAHR-leen (English)	German, English
Florinda	flo-REEN-dhah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese