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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

that's the way the cookie crumbles

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
that's the way the -cook-ie crum-bles
IPA
55
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

That is the way things happen; that's life.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

that's how the cookie crumbles (alternative)

Phrases

how the cookie crumbles shit happens

Frequently Paired Words

how the cookie crumbles shit happens

Synonyms

that's the way the ball bounces that's the way the mop flops them's the breaks

Questions

What does that's the way the cookie crumbles mean?
That is the way things happen; that's life.

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