that's how the ball bounces

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Also, that's the way the ball bounces or the cookie crumbles . That is the way matters have worked out and nothing can be done about it. For example, I'm sorry you got fired but that's how the ball bounces , or They wanted a baby girl but got a third boy—that's the way the cookie crumbles . These phrases allude to an odd bounce or a crumbled cookie that cannot be put back together. [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]

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April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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