life is like a box of chocolates



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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Feliciefe-LEE-tsee-əGerman
BarbaraBAHR-bər-ə (English), BAHR-brə (English), BAHR-bah-rah (German), bahr-BAH-rah (Polish)English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian,
JannikeYAHN-ni-ke (Swedish)Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Zviad-Georgian
ZefZEFDutch
EssieES-eeEnglish