a fact of life

an unpleasant fact or situation which people accept because they cannot change it (not used with the ) She grew up in Northern Ireland during the 1970s when violence had become a fact of life.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Julie	zhuy-LEE (French), YOO-lee-e (Danish), YUW-lye (Czech), JOO-lee (English)	French, Danish, Norwegian, Czech, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
Kaisa	KIE-sah (Finnish)	Finnish, Estonian
Flaviana	flah-VYAH-nah (Italian)	Ancient Roman, Italian
Romain	ro-MEN	French
Nienke	NEEN-kə	Frisian
Iraklis	-	Greek