December 2014

ENGLISH IDIOM OF THE MONTH:
„That's the way the cookie crumbles“

 

MEANING

This idiom is used when something bad has happened which could not have been prevented.

TRANSLATION

Das ist der Lauf der Dinge.
wörtlich: Das ist die Art und Weise wie das Guetzli bröckelt.

ORIGIN

This comes from America (Cookies is American English for a biscuit).