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that's the breaks

There is nothing we can do about the way things have unfolded, especially bad ones, so there is no reason to be upset about it; that's just the way things are. I'm pretty gutted about not getting into the grad school program I wanted, but hey, that's the breaks.

See also: break

them's the breaks

There is nothing we can do about the way things have unfolded, especially bad ones, so there is no reason to be upset about it; that's just the way things are. I'm pretty gutted about not getting into the grad school program I wanted, but hey, them's the breaks.

See also: break

those are the breaks

There is nothing we can do about the way things have unfolded, especially bad ones, so there is no reason to be upset about it; that's just the way things are. I'm pretty gutted about not getting into the grad school program I wanted, but hey, those are the breaks.

See also: break, those

lah-di-dah

  (old-fashioned) also la-di-da (old-fashioned)

a woman who is lah-di-dah thinks she is better than other people and tries to speak as if she is from a high social class No one really liked her in the village. They all thought she was a bit lah-di-dah.

the bomb

and da bomb

n. something really great. This tingle is really da bomb. She described our car as “the bomb” and our house as a “joint.”

See also: bomb

da bomb

verb

See the bomb

See also: bomb, Da

lah-di-dah

(ˈlɑˈdiˈdɑ)

1. mod. casual; relaxed and uncaring. She’s not all that calm about her possessions, but she is very lah-di-dah with men.

2. interj. a jeer; a mocking response. So you have a new car! Well, lah-di-dah.