that's the way the cookie crumbles
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that's the way the cookie crumbles — idiom
1. Said when something disappointing or unfair happens and there is nothing you can
1.idiom
Definition
Said when something disappointing or unfair happens and there is nothing you can do to change it — a way of accepting a bad situation with a shrug.
Example
We missed the last train home, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
She did not get the promotion this time — that's the way the cookie crumbles.