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that's the way the ball bounces

that's the way the ball bounces proverb: that is the way things happen.

Proverb

that's the way the ball bounces

  1. That is the way things happen
    Synonyms:
    that's the way life is, that's the way the cookie crumbles, that's the way the mop flops, that's the way the world wags, that's the way the burger burns

Synonyms of that's the way the ball bounces

Questions about that's the way the ball bounces

What does that's the way the ball bounces mean?
That's the way the ball bounces means that is the way things happen.
What part of speech is that's the way the ball bounces?
That's the way the ball bounces is a proverb.

Words near that's the way the ball bounces in the dictionary

  1. that's the ticket
  2. that's the ticket for soup
  3. that's the tip
  4. that's the way it goes
  5. that's the way life is
  6. that's the way the ball bounces
  7. that's the way the cookie crumbles
  8. that's the way the mop flops
  9. that's too bad
  10. that's torn it
  11. that's wassup

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