it was bound to happen
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)
Tôt ou tard, ça devait arriver.
Sooner or later, it had to happen.
Ça devait arriver tôt ou tard.
It had to happen sooner or later.
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)
Je savais que ça devait arriver.
I knew it had to happen.
Ça devait arriver un jour ou l'autre.
It had to happen one day or another.