How to Pronounce "that's the way the cookie crumbles"
expression
THATS thuh WAY thuh KOO-kee KRUM-buhlz
THATS thuh WAY thuh KU-kee KRUM-buhlz
Definition
This expression means that sometimes bad or disappointing things happen and that's just the way life is; you have to accept it.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈðæts/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈweɪ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈkʊki/ /ˈkɹəmbəɫz
British English
ðæts/ /ðə, ði/ /wˈeɪ/ /ðə, ði/ /kˈʊki/ /kɹˈʌmbəlz
Simplified Pronunciation
US
THATS thuh WAY thuh KOO-kee KRUM-buhlz
UK
THATS thuh WAY thuh KU-kee KRUM-buhlz
Listen in Context
I didn't win the game, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
Sometimes you lose your keys. That's the way the cookie crumbles.
Your favorite shirt got ruined in the wash. That's the way the cookie crumbles.
"Don't worry about it, man. That's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes."