that's the way the cookie crumbles

Literally it means thats how it goes. thats what happens.

That's the way the cookie crumbles, get the hell over it.

by Raven May 29, 2004

that's the way the cookie crumbles

Saying meaning life is unpredictable.

Forest Gump: "Life is like a box of chocolates...(takes bite out of piece of chocolate)...you never know what you're gonna get."

Me: "What a fucking stupid idiot, but, I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles."

by Tim Jerome March 19, 2008

that's the way the cookie crumbles

cookie represents an object of desire. the state of crumbling represents that the object of desire is no longer attainable in its desired form, or that the object of desire has reached its culmination within a state of decline.

High school senior: "I wasn't accepted into my top choice university."
Father: "Sometimes that's just the way the cookie crumbles."

Boy: "My girlfriend and I finally broke up. We had been arguing for weeks."
Friend: "That's the way the cookie crumbles."

by Zach Herold November 23, 2006

that's the way the cookie crumbles

A phrase meaning, basically, "That's the way things are, you cannot change it". Usually said to calm someone who's whining overmuch, an usually with little effect.

Man 1: I went on vacation and my fern died!

Man 2: That's the way the cookie crumbles.

by Daniel Finetail May 26, 2004

that's the way the cookie crumbles

it can mean, "that's life" or "that's how it goes" at the end of a conversation about bad things.

"My dog died last night, and then I broke a nail."
"That's the way the cookie crumbles, honey!"

by Meg May 26, 2004

that's the way the cookie crumbles

one of the stupideszt sayings ever.

bob: omg i shit my pantz

John: lmao that's the way the cookie crumbles

bob: stfu fag.

by imjustapoorboynobodylovesme December 19, 2006

that's the way the cookie crumbles

This is said when something bad has happened to someone - implying that it is was just bad luck.

Could also suggest that this bad luck had to happen to someone.

Tony: Oh gawd - I got paired with Micky D?
Matthew: That's the way the cookie crumbles!

by pdc May 26, 2004