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them's the breaks
- (idiomatic) That is the way things happen; that's life.
- Synonyms: that's the way the cookie crumbles; see also Thesaurus:that's life
2022 July 7, Heather Stewart, quoting Boris Johnson, “Boris Johnson’s resignation speech: what he said, and what he meant”, in The Guardian: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.
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