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Definition of that's the way the cookie crumbles in English:

that's the way the cookie crumbles

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phrase

informal

  • That's how things turn out (often used of an undesirable but unalterable situation)

    • ‘“It's so unfair.” “That's the way the cookie crumbles.”’
    • ‘Because that's the way the cookie crumbles, boy.’
    • ‘Sorry, that's the way the cookie crumbles.’
    • ‘It's crass and I apologize, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.’
    • ‘Oh well, I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles…’
    • ‘Unrealistic, but that's the way the cookie crumbles for me.’
    • ‘But that's the way the cookie crumbles as they say and I look back in pensive mood at those happier days when we were proud to have her as our MP.’
    • ‘I feel kinda bad for them too, but, hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles.’
    • ‘I was truly mourning the loss of a good party, but…that's the way the cookie crumbles.’
    • ‘But that's the way the cookie crumbles and more than a few fans will feel Montgomery's dropping is long overdue.’
    • ‘He felt angry at himself for letting that happen, but as the saying goes; that's the way the cookie crumbles.’