单词 | that's the way the cookie crumbles |
释义 | > as lemmasthat's the way the cookie crumbles P3. colloquial (originally U.S.). the way the cookie crumbles and variants: the way things turn out. Chiefly in that's the way the cookie crumbles: used to express acceptance or resignation at a particular outcome or state of affairs; cf. that's the way the ball bounces at ball n.1 Phrases 1p. 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 1955 Evening Standard (Uniontown, Pa.) 3 Mar. 27/2 Most everyone is melted out! (Translated: broke) Well that's the way the cookie crumbles. 1959 W. Brown Cry Kill iv. 45 No matter how the cookie crumbled, Mamma Ida was in for a bad time. 1961 P. G. Wodehouse Ice in Bedroom v. 40 Oh well, that's the way the cookie crumbles. You can't win 'em all. 2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 ii. 58 I suppose it's ungrateful to hate work so much when so many people find it difficult to come by, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. 2005 Esquire Apr. 105/2 Yes, my mom died when I was nine. That's the way the cookie crumbles, you know? < as lemmas |
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