| Das musste nun einmal so sein. | Fate would have it so.
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| Schicksal spielen | to play at fate |
| das/sein Schicksal herausfordern | to tempt fate |
| Ich will das Schicksal nicht herausfordern. | I don't want to tempt fate. |
| sein Schicksal meistern | to cope with one's fate |
| jdn. seinem Schicksal überlassen | to leave sb. to his fate;
to abandon sb. to his fate |
| Laune des Schicksals | twist of fate |
| durch eine Laune des Schicksals | by a strange quirk of fate |
| Er sah seinem Schicksal ruhig entgegen. | He met his fate calmly. |
| Das Schicksal meinte es nicht gut mit ihm. | Fate treated him unkindly. |
| Welch traurige Geschichte! | How sad a fate! |