that's the way the cookie crumbles
English
Alternative forms
that's how the cookie crumbles
Etymology
First attested
1957
Proverb
that
's
the
way
the
cookie
crumbles
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
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