par for the course
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4.7
- idiom
- Informal
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lo habitual
- But this level of Orwellian hypocrisy is par for the course for these people.
- pretty much par for the course
- just par for the course
- sort of par for the course
But you know, it's it's par for the course these days, it seems.
- But you know, it's it's par for the course these days, it seems.
- I don't know if that's true, but in terms of treating people he was most likely par for the course for his time, country and title though.
- So then and then like basically what's pretty much par for the course is when this happens, usually the winning party will trade.
- So that's a, a genre of literature and again, sort of par for the course at the time.
- And yet it was just par for the course for unguema if you got to go.
- And I thought, you know, that that was just a was par for the course of getting older.
- I missed the garbage can par for the course.
- But if you have a more inclusive place where those voices, it's just a par for the course that these questions are being asked.
- You know, when I was a kid, the the notion of starvation in China and India and Africa, that was par for the course that was happening all the time.
- So for me, when I became a lawyer, wearing suits were, that was just par for the course.
- And it's like I I used to think that drinking was just par for the course with dating, whereas now that that red pill is so far down me that I can't get it back out.
- And I still feel it because of the the wave of goodwill, even though the the purity of being the new shiny thing and it becomes a little more par for the course.
- Isn't that par for the course that you get this big grift, you get Donald Trump, you get all these people telling you that they're anti immigration.
Examples
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So is this unusual behavior for Ben or par for the course?
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Par for the course, I'm afraid.
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But you know, it's it's par for the course these days, it seems.
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I guess this is pretty par for the course.
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It's par for the course.
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My husband was in the military, and this was just par for the course.
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Yeah, that's pretty much par for the course.
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Well, that's par for the course around here.
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I lost my wallet, but that's par for the course.
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Dealing with needy fans is par for the course in AAA game development.
Synonyms
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Usual or expected in most situations
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Happening most of the time in a normal way
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Happening often or seen in many places
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Normal and not special or unusual
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3.4
Ordinary and not special or new
Antonyms
- Specialized
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4.8
A child whose thinking or physical ability is much different from most children
How Typical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase relies on a metaphorical extension of 'par' (a golf standard) combined with 'for the course' (for this situation), so a learner who knows 'par' as a norm and 'course' as a situation could plausibly infer 'typical/expected'. However, the meaning depends on cultural/golf-origin knowledge and a non-literal shift, so it is not fully predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Par for the course may come from golf. In golf, par is the number of shots a good player should take on a hole and the course is the place you play, so scoring 'par' is a normal result, and the phrase now means 'typical' or 'to be expected'.