1
general::
Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs