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it is how it is
- Synonym of it is what it is.
2013, Delson Armstrong, “Calmness”, in The Elemental King (Red Serpent; 3), New York, N.Y.: 9ine, →ISBN, page 176:“[…] I mean the Dark Lord’s something I’ve heard before, I think. It sounds so…” Alex smiled, “mythical.” / Nikolas relaxed. “Oh...” he laughed it off. “Yes, well, it is how it is.”
2016 February 25, Alice Oseman, “On Your Own”, in Radio Silence (Osemanverse; 9), London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 377:“I came to see Aled.” / “I wasn’t aware you still cared for any member of your family.” / “Only the good ones,” said Carys through gritted teeth. / Carol raised an eyebrow. “Well, it is how it is. I’m not here to see you and, frankly, I don’t want to. I want to talk to my real child.”
2016 July 28, Dan Micklethwaite, chapter 16, in The Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire: Bluemoose Books, →ISBN, page 71:I did, for a while, but haven’t seen any of them for over a year or so now, I don’t think. / Oh. That’s a shame. That’s not good. / Well, it is how it is. How about you? Do you ever see them?
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