the way the cookie crumbles

that's the way the cookie crumbles

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. I'm pretty gutted about not getting into the grad school program I wanted, but that's just the way the cookie crumbles.

the way (or how) the cookie crumbles

how things turn out (often used of an undesirable but unalterable situation). informal, chiefly North American

See also: cookie, crumble, way

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That’s the way the mop flops
that's how the cookie crumbles
that's how the mop flops
that's the way the cookie crumbles
that's the way the mop flops
that's the way the ball bounces
that's how the ball bounces
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References in periodicals archive

"When it came to the important time I ended up messing up, but that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes.

Clarke is sixth in slalom World Cup; CANOEING

He lay down and burped a giant burp, while Catalina happily met her family with hugs and a fresh batch of her favorite cookies, saying "That's the way the cookie crumbles!" Delicious, edible looking illustrations with sly images of little Russian nesting dolls decorate the pages of this modern fable of "Catalina and the King's Wall," a homily warning against greed and separatism that speaks to today's children and adults as well.

Catalina and the King's Wall

Over the next few weeks workshops entitled Pukka Picnics, That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles, and Pizza & Pasta, will help children boost their culinary know-how.

Youngsters have all the ingredients for success; Children swap usual holiday pursuits for cookery lessons

That's the way the cookie crumbles, but it's also the way a key $7 billion category is seeking to grow and become a greater presence on supermarket shelves and in shopping carts.

Crunch in the cookie aisle: competition, flat sales, rising ingredient costs, and new product introductions are reshaping grocers' cookie and cracker sections. (Supermarket Grocery Business)

"But that's just the way the cookie crumbles and you just get on with it," he said.

'I'm no playboy prince'

"In this business, that's the way the cookie crumbles."

Two smart cookies: two Iolani School classmates have turned a somewhat half-baked whim into Cookie Corner, Hawaii's largest locally owned cookie store chain

词组	the way the cookie crumbles
释义	the way the cookie crumbles that's the way the cookie crumbles 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. I'm pretty gutted about not getting into the grad school program I wanted, but that's just the way the cookie crumbles. See also: cookie, crumble, way Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. the way (or how) the cookie crumbles how things turn out (often used of an undesirable but unalterable situation). informal, chiefly North American See also: cookie, crumble, way Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: That’s the way the cookie crumbles That’s the way the mop flops that's how the cookie crumbles that's how the mop flops that's the way the cookie crumbles that's the way the mop flops that's the way the ball bounces that's how the ball bounces That’s the way the ball bounces DAT References in periodicals archive "When it came to the important time I ended up messing up, but that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. Clarke is sixth in slalom World Cup; CANOEING He lay down and burped a giant burp, while Catalina happily met her family with hugs and a fresh batch of her favorite cookies, saying "That's the way the cookie crumbles!" Delicious, edible looking illustrations with sly images of little Russian nesting dolls decorate the pages of this modern fable of "Catalina and the King's Wall," a homily warning against greed and separatism that speaks to today's children and adults as well. Catalina and the King's Wall Over the next few weeks workshops entitled Pukka Picnics, That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles, and Pizza & Pasta, will help children boost their culinary know-how. Youngsters have all the ingredients for success; Children swap usual holiday pursuits for cookery lessons That's the way the cookie crumbles, but it's also the way a key $7 billion category is seeking to grow and become a greater presence on supermarket shelves and in shopping carts. Crunch in the cookie aisle: competition, flat sales, rising ingredient costs, and new product introductions are reshaping grocers' cookie and cracker sections. (Supermarket Grocery Business) "But that's just the way the cookie crumbles and you just get on with it," he said. 'I'm no playboy prince' "In this business, that's the way the cookie crumbles." Two smart cookies: two Iolani School classmates have turned a somewhat half-baked whim into Cookie Corner, Hawaii's largest locally owned cookie store chain
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