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that's the way the cookie crumbles

that's the way the cookie crumbles proverb: that is the way things happen; that's life.

Proverb

that's the way the cookie crumbles

  1. That is the way things happen; that's life.
    • Are you up to par with the hep talk that is going around schools like Norwood High? […] While standing by the H2o spurt (water fountain) we overheard the following conversation between two really gone (neat) guys. “[…] It was a blind date, and boy did I flip (go mad) when I got a gaze at her! That...1955 February 2, “Dig This Man-⁠-The Craziest!”, in The Cincinnati Post, volume 74, number 16, Cincinnati, Oh., page 19

Synonyms of that's the way the cookie crumbles

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alternative formthat's how the cookie crumbles

Questions about that's the way the cookie crumbles

What does that's the way the cookie crumbles mean?
That's the way the cookie crumbles means that is the way things happen; that's life.
What part of speech is that's the way the cookie crumbles?
That's the way the cookie crumbles is a proverb.

Words near that's the way the cookie crumbles in the dictionary

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

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