That's the way the mop flops.
- That's the way the mop flops.
That's the way the ball bounces. & 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.
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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.
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That's tough, but that's the way the mop flops.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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