par for the course

意思

what is normal or expected, usually something bad

正常或意料之中的事（通常是壞事）.

例句

1. 1The train was twenty minutes late again, which is par for the course on this line.
2. 2Long queues at passport control are par for the course in August.
3. 3The printer jammed in the middle of the exam — par for the course at our school, sadly.
4. 4Tom forgot my name again; that's par for the course with him.
5. 5Is heavy traffic on Friday evenings par for the course here, or has there been an accident?

文法

通常用在 be 之後，常見於 that's 或 it's。片語不變；par 前不用冠詞。