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Meaning of be par for the course in English

be par for the course

idiom   disapproving
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If a type of behavior, 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.
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Habitual and customary
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(Definition of be par for the course from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of be par for the course

in Chinese (Traditional)
不出所料，在預料之中…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
不出所料，在预料之中…
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in Spanish
ser de esperar…
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in Portuguese
ser de esperar…
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in Russian
≈ to normalka…
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idare eder durumda olmak, çok iyi olmasa da kabul edilir derecede olmak…
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быть типичным…
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