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ça devait arriver

it had to happen

→ cela
phrase Rare #26,691
it had to happen Used to say something was inevitable or expected to happen sooner or later.
FR: Avec autant de retard, ça devait arriver.
EN: With that much delay, it had to happen.

Ça devait arriver un jour.

It had to happen one day.

Nico m'a demandé de venir si ça devait arriver.

Nico asked me to come if that should happen.

— Mirage (2018)

Ça devait arriver parce que t'es une déesse, avec ce visage et cette chevelure.

It was bound to happen because you’re a goddess, with that face and that hair.

— Il était Temps (2013)

Ça devait arriver.

It was bound to happen.

— Salé, Sucré (1994)

Ça devait arriver tôt ou tard.

It had to happen sooner or later.

Tôt ou tard, ça devait arriver.

Sooner or later, it had to happen.

Ça devait arriver un jour ou l'autre.

It had to happen one day or another.

Un jour ou l'autre ça devait arriver.

It had to happen sooner or later.

— Solaris (1972)

Je savais que ça devait arriver.

I knew it had to happen.