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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Them the breaks

what's the meaning of 'them the breaks...'

and when do you use this phrase?
  

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Can you give a little more context?

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Can you give a little more context?
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You have it slightly wrong.

Them's the breaks.

This ungrammatical phrase (for Those are the breaks) is used as a response to one of life's minor misfortunes. It's a shared recognition that life is not always fair. Similar phrases are "You win some; you lose some" and "You can't win 'em all".

- I called AT&T and was kept waiting for 45 minutes befor
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