toute sa vie

all his/her life

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phrase Uncommon #10,723
all his/her life Used to say that something happened during the whole of a person's life, or for their entire life.
FR: Il a vécu toute sa vie à Paris.
EN: He lived in Paris all his life.

Il n'a jamais été à l'étranger de toute sa vie.

He has never been abroad in his entire life.

Elle cacha le secret à son mari toute sa vie.

She hid the secret from her husband all her life.

Il a chassé toute sa vie pour se nourrir, qu'il pleuve ou non.

He hunted all his life to feed himself, whether it rained or not.

— The Strangers (2016)

Il a consacré toute sa vie à la science.

He devoted his entire life to science.

Il resta célibataire toute sa vie.

He remained single all his life.

C'est toute sa vie.

It's his whole life.

Il a fait le bien autour de lui toute sa vie.

He did good around him all his life.

Toute sa vie, regardé il a vers l'avant, vers le futur, vers l'horizon.

All his life, he looked ahead—toward the future, toward the horizon.

— L'Empire contre-attaque (1980)

Tom a passé toute sa vie en Australie.

Tom has spent his entire life in Australia.

Qui voudrait justifier toute sa vie?

Who would want to justify their entire life?

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Il a rêvé toute sa vie.

He dreamed his whole life.

Toute sa vie, Tom n'a jamais su se dépasser.

All his life, Tom was never able to push himself beyond his limits.

Pour moi, il méritait de passer toute sa vie en prison.

In my opinion, he deserved to spend his entire life in prison.

— Dans ses yeux (2009)

Elle continua à étudier pendant toute sa vie.

She continued to study throughout her life.

Un seul maitre dans toute sa vie.

One master throughout his entire life.

— Avatar (2009)

Dans toute sa vie, elle n'a accordé que trois interviews.

In her entire life, she only gave three interviews.

— La grande bellezza (2013)

Elle resta toute sa vie célibataire.

She remained single all her life.

Elle cherchait peut-être ce qui lui avait manqué toute sa vie.

Perhaps she was looking for what she had been missing all her life.

— Vacances à Venise (1955)

Cet animal dort toute sa vie.

This animal sleeps its entire life.

— Aguirre, la colère de Dieu (1972)

Et ce sera un malheureux toute sa vie!

And he will be unhappy all his life!

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Vous l'avez connue toute sa vie.

You've known her all her life.

Toute sa vie.

All his life.

La malchance l'a poursuivi toute sa vie.

Bad luck followed him all his life.

Elle a travaillé en France toute sa vie.

She worked in France all her life.

Elle vécut avec lui toute sa vie.

She lived with him all her life.

Sami n'a jamais fait d'ennemi de toute sa vie.

Sami has never made an enemy in his entire life.

Toute sa vie, il a mis maman dans ce genre de situation!

All his life, he put Mom in these kinds of situations!

— PIKU (2015)

Il faut avoir passé toute sa vie à l'ombre pour être aussi pâle.

You’d have to have spent your whole life in the shade to be that pale.

On ne peut pas se reprocher une faute toute sa vie.

You cannot reproach yourself for a mistake your whole life.

— Quand passent les cigognes (1957)

Le mouton a craint le loup toute sa vie, mais c’est le berger qui l’a mangé.

The sheep feared the wolf all its life, but it was the shepherd who ate it.

Il a eu la rage toute sa vie.

He had rage all his life.

Il la gardera toute sa vie.

He will keep it all his life.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : La Communauté de l'anneau (2001)

Il est resté célibataire toute sa vie.

He remained single all his life.

Toute sa vie!

His whole life!

— Indiana Jones et la dernière croisade (1989)

Ta sœur aussi, toute sa vie elle a voulu me faire plaisir.

Your sister, too, all her life she wanted to please me.

— PIKU (2015)

Il a travaillé toute sa vie à la mine.

He worked in the mine all his life.

Toute sa vie, il se rappellera chaque détail de ce matin-.

He would remember every detail of that morning for the rest of his life.

— Dans ses yeux (2009)

Il a mangé des germes toute sa vie.

He ate sprouts all his life.

— The Big Sick (2017)