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that's the way the mop flops

Proverb
Japanese Meaning
物事は思い通りにいかない。そういう自然な流れだ。 / 結果として起こることは、やむを得ない性質のものである。 / 物事は予期せぬ方向に進むものだといったニュアンスを含む。
What is this buttons?

遠足が雨で台無しになったあと、祖母は肩をすくめて「それが世の常だ」と言った。

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That is the way things happen.

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that's the way the mop flops

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

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

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