Hedonologist Posted January 12, 2014 Report Posted January 12, 2014 An idiom I learned today was 'par for the course' which means 'to be expected'. This is a golfing reference as a 'par' is the expected number of shots that is expected to be taken to complete a hole/course. Not a very frequent one as yesterday was the first time I had ever heard it, but interesting nonetheless. Quote
groselha Posted January 12, 2014 Report Posted January 12, 2014 This may be a little off topic but I actually learned that idiom from a beautiful song with the same name by Aimee Mann. The song Par for the Course is from her album I'm with Stupid that I listened to back in the 90's. An interesting thing about that album was that in the cd booklet there was a list of all the words used in the songs, in alphabetical order. Not very useful if you actually wanted to read the lyrics but quite a funny game for an English student to listen through the songs and try to cross out each word. Quote
Hedonologist Posted January 12, 2014 Author Report Posted January 12, 2014 This may be a little off topic but I actually learned that idiom from a beautiful song with the same name by Aimee Mann. The song Par for the Course is from her album I'm with Stupid that I listened to back in the 90's. An interesting thing about that album was that in the cd booklet there was a list of all the words used in the songs, in alphabetical order. Not very useful if you actually wanted to read the lyrics but quite a funny game for an English student to listen through the songs and try to cross out each word.I learned mine from an old comedy show that I only recently found out about on Youtube. The incident was a man explaining about inappropriate pranks in the office. 'par for the course' is mentioned at 0:16 Quote
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