Definition
That is the way things happen; that's life.
Origins
From break in the sense “a stroke of luck” (compare tough break, lucky break).
In Context
- "And I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world. But them’s the breaks."
Also Said As
- 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
- that's that and this is this
- that's the way it goes
- that’s the way it plays
- that's the way life is
- that's the way the ball bounces
- that's the way the cookie crumbles
- that's the way the mop flops
- them's the breaks