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

crumplesack

An individual who performs less than satisfactorily to the chagrin and sometimes amusement of his or her associates, crew, or squadron.

The preflight crew forgot to leave water bottles on the jet for us? What a bunch of crumplesacks!

by Commander Crumplestiltskin February 25, 2017

That's the way the cookie crumbles

As if to say "That's how life rolls." It's also a good response for when somebody says something you don't know HOW to respond to. It's also just a cute thing to say.

1.
Girl. Classic vegetable is better than chicken noodle.
Boy. No it's not.
Girl. How?
Boy. That's the way the cookie crumbles!

2.

Boy. Your eyes are beautiful.
Girl. Uhm...that's the way the cookie crumbles!

3.

Boy. You're so weird lawlz.
Girl. That's the way the cookie crumbles.

by tooswoleforyou666 August 3, 2011

crumpled heap

When on is so drunk that they're curled in the fetal position.

I totally reached the point of crumpled heap yesterday.

by Mala Propism February 7, 2009

crumbles

crumbles: another way too say marijuana/pot!

hey man, you hanging out with crumbles tonight?

by dough6 June 5, 2005

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