story of my life
English
Phrase
story
of
my
life
Used to
ruefully
indicate
that a previously
described
incident
(often a
mishap
) typically tends to be
experienced
by the
speaker
.
I asked the new girl at work to go out for a meal — and she got off with the waiter. That's the
story of my life
!
See also
just my luck
life story
story of one's life
tell me about it