guerre

Our table-furniture is not elegant, our plates are tin, there is no silver in our forks; but _à la guerre, comme à la guerre_.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Various

_Dans la guerre, comme a la guerre_ -- in war-time, people must accept of war's chances.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

I got quite tired of hearing "_La guerre comme la guerre_" murmured to me by apologetic Bulgarians wanting to pretend that under normal circumstances his countrymen always had the best of table silver and napery.

Bulgaria Frank Fox 1917

True, I usually have to eat the bully beef parts next meal, but -- _à la guerre comme à la guerre_ -- I always might have been casualtied between meals, and then think what a fool I'd feel over my failure to make the most of the first.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 150, February 2, 1916 Various 1898

She already often got sick of doing so, but _à la guerre comme à la guerre_.

The Tragic Muse Henry James 1879

But _à la guerre comme à la guerre_, and I have slept in worse conditions than those of your house, madame.

St George's Cross 1870

He must have seen what I felt, for he said: '_À la guerre comme à la guerre_.

France in the Nineteenth Century Elizabeth Latimer 1863

"_À la guerre, comme à la guerre_," -- responded Justine, and put out the light.

A Nobleman's Nest Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

It is entirely to the advantage of the passengers in your care to bow to the inevitable and avoid all insubordination -- _à la guerre comme à la guerre_. "

Banzai! by Parabellum Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff 1903

"Bad luck, no doubt," he replied, "_mais la guerre c'est la guerre_.

Tatterdemalion John Galsworthy 1900