●that’s the way the cookie ˈcrumbles ( that’s the way it ˈgoes) (informal) that is the situation and we cannot change it, so we must accept it情况就是这样；没有别的办法◆She met somebody else and left me. That’s the way the cookie crumbles, I suppose.她看上了别人，离开了我。我想这是没办法的事，由她去吧。