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That's the way the cookie crumbles

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That's the way the cookie crumbles. (British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal)
something that you say which means that bad things sometimes happen and there is nothing you can do to prevent it, so it is not worth becoming upset about it. I can't believe they chose Sam for the job and not me. Ah well, that's the way the cookie crumbles.
See also: cookie, way

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