That is. / That has. / That was. / That does.

(nonstandard, dialect, e.g. Black Country, Northern Ireland) whose, of which, in dialects that require a human antecedent for 'whose'

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

That is the way things happen / Certain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.

That is the way things happen.

That is the way things happen

(idiomatic) There is nothing more to say or to do concerning the matter and is not up for discussion or debate.

(slang) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see that's, what's up. / (slang) Used to express acquiescence or concurrence; true; indeed.

Expresses acceptance of misfortune.

Alternative form of that's the way the cookie crumbles.