Par for the course

Par for the course means something is typical or expected for a situation. When your performance is average, it's par for the course.

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Idiom: Par for the course

Par for the course means something is typical, expected or average for a given situation.


Even if you are not a golfer, today’s idiom can come in very handy during your daily life.

This idiom is quite similar to yesterday’s idiom, as a matter of course.

When learning a language making mistakes is par for the course.

If we did not make mistakes, it would be peculiar.

I mean, who learns to speak a second language correctly on the first try?

Not me, that’s for sure.


Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test

This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).  

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 74.  

The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100. 



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