that's the way the cookie crumbles
idiom
        informal      
      
                                
                                
              
            
                  —used when something bad has happened to say that someone must accept things the way they are
I'm disappointed that I didn't get the job but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
    
                
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  Merriam-Webster unabridged




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