Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic)That is the way things happen; that's life.

Origin

From break in the sense “stroke of luck” (compare tough break, lucky break).

From break in the sense “stroke of luck” (compare tough break, lucky break).

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Forms

Synonyms

17 synonyms
that's the way the cookie crumblesc'est la vieit is as it isit is how it isit is what it isso be itso is lifeso it goessuch is lifethat's lifethat's the way it goesthat's the way life isthat's the way the ball bouncesthat's the way the mop flops

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
theisticthemA1themeB2themselfthemselvesA2

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