be par for the course
disapprovingIf a type of behaviour, event, or situation is par for the course, it is not good but it is normal or as you would expect:
The school budget is going to be cut again this year, but then that's par for the course.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Habitual and customary
- accustomed
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as per usual/normal idiom
- expect
- more often than not idiom 1
- more often than not
- natural
- naturally
- need
- nine
- pro forma
- rule
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surprise idiom
- trad
- usu
- usual
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