That’s the way the ball bounces Idiom, Proverb
that's the way the ball bounces
that is fate, that's life If Jon got the job, good for him. That's the way the ball bounces.
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Nothing unusual about that.

Said of unpleasant things.
"Susan left me for a heavyweight boxer, and then I got drunk and wrecked my car," Bob bitterly complained. "Well, that's the way the cookie crumbles," Pam answered philosophically.
that's how the ball bounces
that's how the ball bounces 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]
that's the way the brawl bounces
There is annihilation we can do about the way things accept unfolded, abnormally bad things, so there is no acumen to be agitated about it. I'm appealing gutted about not accepting into the alum academy affairs I wanted, but hey, that's the way the brawl bounces.Learn more: ball, bounce, wayThat’s the way the brawl bounces
sent. That is life.; That is the accidental way things happen. It’s tough, I know, but that’s the way the brawl bounces. Learn more: ball, bounce, way