bounce Idiom, Proverb

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bounce back

recover from failure or sickness, try again Lana has the flu, but she bounces back quickly.

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dead-cat bounce

very little recovery after a loss, not coming up again "The broker said, ""It was a dead-cat bounce. Stocks remain low."""

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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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bounce

1. form of music from New Orleans. Check Mystikal's album for a song called "Neva gonna bounce"
2. a reference to the Bankhead Bounce, a dance made famous in Atlanta rap music
3. to leave, to get up, to break
4. of a man, to have sexual intercourse
5. to leave
6. to kill

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bouncer

1. a person employed to eject troublemakers from clubs or events. These days they prefer the title of security
2. a liar

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bouncers

the female breasts

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Bounce ideas

If you bounce ideas off someone, you share your ideas with them to know whether they think they would work.

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Bounce off the walls

If someone's bouncing off the walls, they are very excited about something.

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That's the way the ball bounces!|ball|bounce|bounc

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.

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get the bounce|bounce|get|get the air|get the gate

v. phr., slang 1. or get the air To lose one's sweetheart; not be kept for a friend or lover. Joe is sad because he just got the gate from his girl. Shirley was afraid she might get the air from her boyfriend if she went out with other boys while he was away. 2. or get the sack|get the hook To be fired; lose a job. Uncle Willie can't keep a job; he got the sack today for sleeping on the job. You're likely to get the bounce if you are absent from work too much.
Antonym: GIVE THE BOUNCE.

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give the bounce|bounce|gate|give|give the gate

v. phr., slang 1. or give the air To stop being a friend or lover to (a person); separate from. Mary gave John the bounce after she saw him dating another girl. Bill and Jane had an argument and Bill is giving her the gate. 2. or give the sack|give the hook To fire from a job; dismiss. The ball team gave Joe the gate because he never came to practice.
Antonym: GET THE BOUNCE.

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bounce around

bounce around
1) Move around from one person or place to another. For example, The staff spent the morning bouncing around ideas to improve sales, or She had been bouncing around from one job to another. This term alludes to a ball bouncing among players. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
2) Treat roughly or unfairly, as in Quit bouncing me around; I won't stand for it. This usage is based on a somewhat earlier meaning of bounce, “to beat up” or “coerce.” ] Slang; c. 1970]

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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]