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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

them's the breaks

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
them's the breaks
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

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

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Etymology

From break in the sense “stroke of luck” (compare tough break, lucky break).

Usage

Inflected Forms

those are the breaks (alternative) them’s da breaks (alternative)

Synonyms

that's the way the cookie crumbles c'est la vie it is as it is it is how it is it is what it is life's a bitch shit happens so be it so is life so it goes such is life that's life

Questions

What does them's the breaks mean?
That is the way things happen; that's life.
Where does them's the breaks come from?
From break in the sense “stroke of luck” (compare tough break, lucky break).

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