the way things are going

the way things are (going) (redirected from The Way Things Are)
the way things are (going)
Considering the current situation; under the current circumstances.

The way things are going this season, we may very well end up in last place.
With the way things are, I don't see how we can afford a new car.
See also: thing, way

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that's the way the cookie crumbles
idiom
informal
—used when something bad has happened to say that someone must accept things the way they are
I'm disappointed that I didn't get the job but that's the way the cookie crumbles.


Dictionary Entries Near that's the way the cookie crumbles
that's the way it/life goes

that's the way the cookie crumbles

that's torn it


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“That's the way the cookie crumbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/that. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.

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