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Old June 28, 2012, 08:55 AM
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There's no exact match, short and applicable to most cases. We may say:

(Puedes .... ) pero al final la realidad te alcanza / la realidad se impone / te enfrentas con la realidad.

Without being fixed expressions, there's a lot of creative ways to say that:

Al final la realidad te noquea/te da un sopapo/te arroja un balde de agua.

but it all depends on the nuance and context of the English version.
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