English Explanatory Dictionary

them's the breaks

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

En-au-them's the breaks.ogg

Word forms

them's the breaks those are the breaks them’s da breaks

Etymology

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

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 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 mop flops them's the breaks
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