that's how the mop flops

that's how the mop flops

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. (A variant of the more common "That's how the ball bounces.") I'm pretty gutted about not getting into the grad school program I wanted, but hey, that's just how the mop flops.
See also: flops, how, mop
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • That’s the way the cookie crumbles
  • That’s the way the mop flops
  • that's how the cookie crumbles
  • that's the way the cookie crumbles
  • that's the way the mop flops
  • the way the cookie crumbles
  • that's the way the ball bounces
  • that's how the ball bounces
  • That’s the way the ball bounces
  • DAT