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that's the way the cookie crumbles

Definitions

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

Etymologies

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First attested 1957

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. that's the way the ball bounces
  2. that's the way the mop flops
  3. them's the breaks

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. shit happens

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