The town is only five miles away as the crow flies, but the winding road makes the drive take almost an hour.

His off with the fairies demeanor worried his coworkers.

I didn't get the promotion, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

After dating for six years, they decided to tie the knot next spring.

After the picnic was ruined by rain, my grandmother just shrugged and said, that's the way the mop flops.

She seemed away with the fairies during the meeting.

She sang the poem to the tune of an old folk song.

Her spur of the moment led her to buy a one-way ticket to Paris.

After battling illness for years, my grandfather finally bit the dust last spring.

For the product launch, the marketing team decided to pull out all the stops.