those are the breaks
those are the breaks
There is nothing we can do about the way things have unfolded, especially bad ones, so there is no reason to be upset about it; that's just the way things are. I'm pretty gutted about not getting into the grad school program I wanted, but hey, those are the breaks.
See also: break, those
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- DAT
- that's the breaks
- them's the breaks
- that's how the ball bounces
- that's the way the ball bounces
- That’s the way the ball bounces
- that's (just) the way it goes
- that's (just) the way it is
- that's (just) the way it plays
- the way it plays