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that's the way the cookie crumbles

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

Meaning

1 senses

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

Forms

that's how the cookie crumblesalternative

Synonyms

3 synonyms

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

that'd that'll that's thatch thatcher thaw

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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