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Meaning of them's the breaks | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

That is the way things happen; that's life.

colloquial, idiomatic

Examples

“And I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world. But them’s the breaks.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

them's the facts then and in that event then- theo- there and back there are bad apples in every orchard