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.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hode-Yiddish
NoachNO-ahkh (Dutch)Hebrew, Dutch, Biblical Hebrew
Pylyp-Ukrainian
BjÖRneBYUUR-neSwedish
Bliss[blis]
Algy