词汇 | be par for the course |
释义 | Idiom be par for the course if the way something happens or is done is par for the course, it happens or is done as you would expect, especially when you do not think this is very good.'Gareth was half an hour late.' 'That's just par for the course, isn't it?' be par for the courseTo be normal or typical (especially when it is a source of annoyance or frustration). This phrase comes from golf, in which "par" is the number of strokes that it should take a player to get the ball into a particular hole on a golf course, or the total number of strokes one should take in a round or game. Of course we're not getting raises again this year—that's just par for the course. be (about) ˌpar for the ˈcourse(disapproving) be normal; be what you would expect to happen: ‘The food on this plane is terrible.’ ‘Well, that’s about par for the course.’This idiom refers to the game of golf. Par is the number of times a good player should hit the ball to complete a particular hole or course. |
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