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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

demo

(ˈdɛmo)

1. and dem (dɛm) n. a member of the Democratic Party. A couple of dems are running for the caucus, but no other party is represented.

2. n. a demonstration (of something). Hey, Chuck, give this man a demo.

3. n. an automobile or other machine or device that has been used by a dealer for demonstration purposes. I can give you a demo for half price.

4. tv. to demonstrate something (to someone). Let me demo this for you so you can see how it works.

5. tv. to demonstrate (something) to someone. I’ve got to go demo these people on this software.

dem

verb

See demo