that's how the cookie crumbles

French translation: puisque la vie est ainsi faite...

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English term or phrase:	if that's how the cookie crumbles...
French translation:	puisque la vie est ainsi faite...
Entered by:	kironne

16:31 Mar 18, 2007

English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: that's how the cookie crumbles

That wasn't fair at all, but hey, if that's how the cookie crumbles, then I'll make pie crust.

kironne KudoZ activity Questions: 113 (5 open) (1 without valid answers) (16 closed without grading) Answers: 567 Chile
Local time: 11:19

puisqu'il en est ainsi

Explanation:
That's the way the cookie crumbles (British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal) :

something that you say which means that bad things sometimes happen and there is nothing you can do to prevent it, so it is not worth becoming upset about it.

Selected response from:

MBCatherine
France
Local time: 17:19

Grading comment

I went with an adaptation of this option, since it was easier to combine with the rest of the sentence.

Thanks, everyone!
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

c'est la vie

Cl Te (X)

puisqu'il en est ainsi

MBCatherine

ainsi soit-il

Roger McKeon

c'est ainsi que le biscuit s'émiette

Syllab (X)

Mieux vaut plier que rompre.

Will Matter

Answers

4 mins confidence:

c'est ainsi que le biscuit s'émiette

Explanation:
suggestion

Syllab (X)
Local time: 11:19
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French

4 mins confidence:

Mieux vaut plier que rompre.

Explanation:
If that's how it goes you'll adapt and survive. HTH.

Will Matter
United States
Local time: 08:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

8 mins confidence:

puisqu'il en est ainsi

MBCatherine
France
Local time: 17:19
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 2

Grading comment

I went with an adaptation of this option, since it was easier to combine with the rest of the sentence.

Thanks, everyone!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Danke, Catherine

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

c'est la vie

Explanation:
Source: Harrap's idioms dictionary.

Cl Te (X)
France
Local time: 17:19
Native speaker of:

French

Notes to answerer

Asker: Yes, Claudine, if it were this part alone, it would be "c'est la vie". But the "then I'll make pie crust" changes everything...

7 hrs confidence:

ainsi soit-il

Explanation:
Expression de fatalisme résigné.

Roger McKeon
Local time: 11:19
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 12

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