those are the breaks

There is nothing we can do about the way things have unfolded, especially bad ones, so there is no reason to be upset about it; that's just the way things are. I'm pretty gutted about not getting into the grad school program I wanted, but hey, those are the breaks.

See also: break, those

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that's the breaks
them's the breaks
that's the way the ball bounces
that's how (the way) the ball bounces/cookie crumbles
that's how the ball bounces
That's the way it goes
that's (just) how it goes
that's (just) the way it goes
that's (just) the way it plays

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