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story of my life

Noun

Meaning

story of my life

A rueful expression used to indicate that a previously described incident (often a mishap) is typical of what tends to happen to 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!

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Examples

That's the story of my life rich or poor and mostly poor and truly poor. Jack Kerouac

I suppose the story of my life is a search for love, but more than that, I have been looking for a way to repair myself from the damages I suffered early on and to define my obligation, if I had any, to myself and my species. Marlon Brando

My friend, I am going to tell you the story of my life, as you wish; and if it were only the story of my life I think I would not tell it; for what is one man that he should make much of his winters, even when they bend him like a heavy snow? Black Elk

All that running and getting nowhere, he thought. Story of my life. Cassandra Clare

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me. Greta Garbo

My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges. Helen Keller

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