that's the way the cookie crumbles

English

Alternative forms

• that's how the cookie crumbles

Etymology

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Proverb

that's the way the cookie crumbles

1. That is the way things happen; that's life.

Synonyms

• that's the way the ball bounces
• that's the way the mop flops
• them's the breaks

See also

• shit happens