That's the way the ball bounces



That's the way the ball bounces.

 and That's the way the cookie crumbles.; That's the way the mop flops.
Prov. You cannot control everything that happens to you.; You should accept the bad things that happen. Bill: I bought a hundred lottery tickets this week, but I still didn't win! Alan: That's the way the ball bounces. I was planning to have fun on my vacation, but I've been sick the whole time. I guess that's just the way the cookie crumbles. That's tough, but that's the way the mop flops.
See also: ball, bounce, way

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CicelySIS-ə-leeEnglish
Kveta-Czech
Lestariles-TAH-reeIndonesian
Ophiuchus-Astronomy
Gaja (1)-Slovene, Polish
LeoLE-o (German, Finnish), LAY-o (Dutch), LEE-o (English)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Croatian, Late Roman