that's the way the cookie crumbles

== English == === Alternative forms === that's how the cookie crumbles === Pronunciation === === Proverb === that's the way the cookie crumbles That is the way things happen; that's life. [from 1955] ==== Synonyms ==== that's the way the ball bounces that's the way the mop flops them's the breaks ==== See also ==== shit happens === References ===