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語源

Originally a phrase used in golf. Ironically, completing a golf course in par (or even net par) is actually unusually good for most golfers and is not a typical result.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpɑː fə ðə ˈkɔːs/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈpɑɹ fɚ ðə ˈkɔɹs/, /-ˈkɔəɹs/

形容詞

par for the course (not generally comparable, comparative more par for the course, superlative most par for the course)

1. (idiomatic) Normal; common; to be expected. (Often connotes something undesirable).

   Synonyms: predictable, typical, unsurprising, usual; see also Thesaurus:common, Thesaurus:normal

   It took a long time to finish, but that's par for the course on a project like this.

   • 2017 December 8, Hadley Freeman, “Adam Gopnik: ‘You’re waltzing along and suddenly you’re portrayed as a monster of privilege’”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 August 2018:

     […] Nigella Lawson and Ralph Fiennes, we were told, might pop by later. The Gopniks smiled calmly: this was all par for the course for them.

   • 2022, Jimmy Soni, The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley‎, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     The extra scrutiny was a sign of the times, but having never IPO-ed a company before, most of the executive team took it as par for the course.