单词 | that's the way the ball bounces |
释义 | > as lemmasthat's the way (also how) the ball bounces p. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). that's the way (also how) the ball bounces: that is the way it is, ‘that's life’; that is how things turn out. Cf. that's the way the cookie crumbles at cookie n. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [phrase] > that's the way it is that's (about) the size of it1860 that's (about) the strength of it1882 that's the way (also how) the ball bounces1952 that's the way the cookie crumbles1955 1952 G. Mandel Flee Angry Strangers 424 Women can kick that habit easier than men; that's the way the ball bounces. 1978 J. McGahern Getting Through 140 They say the world would be a better place if we looked at ourselves subjectively and objectively at others, but that's never the way the ball bounces. 1994 Science 30 Sept. 2004/4 When I got the word that we weren't going to get [our funding] renewed,..I was surprised, but I figured that's the way the ball bounces. 2000 Washington Times (Nexis) 14 Aug. b1 Heinrichs is depending on both veterans to accept their reduced status if that's how the ball bounces. < as lemmas |
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