'It is par for the course' - What is the meaning of the phrase?
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Every course has a set number of "par."\n\nPar is when you hit the ball a certain number of times. Let's say the par is 3. That means, according to the course, you should be able to sink your ball in 3 shots.
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It's as obvious as it seems. \n\nA condition precedent is something that must be satisfied in order to trigger a requirement by another to perform.
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All of this is from the website listed in the source. Go there for more info.\n\nIn 1890 Mr Hugh Rotherham Secretary of the Coventry Golf Club conceived the idea of standardising the number of shots at each hole that a good golfer should take, which he called the 'ground score.'  Dr Browne, Secretary of the Great Yarmouth Club, adopted the idea, and, with the assent of the club's golfers, this style of competition was introduced there for use in match play.  During one competition Mr CA Wellman (possibly Major Charles Wellman) exclaimed to Dr Browne that, "This player of yours is a regular Bogey man". This was probably a reference to the eponymous subject of an Edwardian music hall song "Hush! Hush! Hush! Here Comes the Bogey Man", which was popular at that time. So at Yarmouth and elsewhere the ground score became known as the Bogey score. \n\nPar is derived from the stock exchange term that a stock may be above or below its normal or 'par' figure. \n\n"Birdie", meaning a score of one stroke under Par on a given hole comes from the 19th century American slang term "bird", meaning anything excellent. \n\nEagle & Albatross are extensions of the bird theme.
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In golf you are given (at each hole) a certain number of shots that you should need to get your ball from the tee to the hole. If you manage it in exactly that number of shots, it's a par....so say you were at the first tee and it said you had to take 5 shots to get the ball in the hole, so you hit the ball 5 times & got it in the hole...then you've got a par. But if you only take 4 shots to get it in the hole, then it's birdie because you're one under the par. And an eagle is 2 under the par...so you'd do it in 3.\nI hope that sort of makes sense...I'm rubbish at explaining things!!!
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The key to this is: \na) "good" here is used with another sense of the word -- something like "valid" or "full(y), complete(ly)"\nb) the original expression appears to be "for good and all"\n\nAt any rate, note that "for good (and all") has NOTHING to do with "for the better"  (In fact, many BAD things can happen "for good and all".)\n\n------------------\n\nA good starting place for this sort of thing is always the Oxford English Dictionary.\nIt's entry for "good"  includes a listing of the phrase "for good (and all)" which it defines as: "As a valid conclusion; hence, as a final act, finally."\nIts examples of this use, which go back to the 16th century, include:\n15.. (Parl. Byrdes) Than desyred all the Byrdes great and smal to mewe the hauke for good and all.\n1687 (Congreve) Ay, you may take him for good-and-all if you will.\n\nhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/10/messages/461.html\n\n\n\nIt is easier to understand how "for good and all" might have this meaning if you note the following:\n\nFirst,  the sense of "good" in this expression is related to other uses of the word.  See for example, the following from freedictionary.com\n\n"11.a. Reliable; sure: a good investment.\nb. Valid or true: a good reason.\nc. Genuine; real: a good dollar bill.\n12.a. In effect; operative, valid: a warranty good for two years; a driver's license that is still good.\n14.a. Ample; substantial: a good income.\nb. Bountiful: a good table.\n15. Full: It is a good mile from here.\n\nunder idioms:\n "good and"  -  "Very; thoroughly": I'll do it when I'm good and ready\n\nhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=good\n\nHow directly "for good and all" is related to "good and ready" I do not know, but BOTH use "good and" to intensify and speak of 'completion.'\n\nCompare also the following in Merriam Webster's:\n\nd (1) : of a noticeably large size or quantity : CONSIDERABLE <won by a good margin> <a good bit of the time> (2) : FULL <waited a good hour> (3) -- used as an intensive <a good many of us>\n\nidioms:\ngood and : VERY, ENTIRELY <was good and mad>\n\nhttp://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?good\n\n\n"for good and ALL"\n\n'and all' - probably. "all" here means "all TIME"  (hence the expression is an expansion & intensification of "for all time" just as "good and mad/" is an intensification of "mad"
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Good paraphrasing.  What's the question?
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What course is this for?
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This phrase has got many meanings... Depending on the place where you use it...\n\nGenerally it means, "hidden truths about something which is known"
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To not let school get in the way of my education.  It's actually a quote from Mark Twain, but it was relayed to me by a favorite English professor.  It's important to me because it means, simply, to not let the rigors and requirements of school get in the way of learning, to not get in the way of following what I love.
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Do you mean the expression "of course"? Or just the word "course"?\n\n"Of course" means certainly. Por supuesto.\n\nThe word "course" has many definitions, depending on the context. Here is a link to the dictionary page:\n\nhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/course
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we use "for" with "leaving" \nand "to" with "going" or "running" \n\nleaving on (a date, a train)\nleaving for (a destination)\nleaving to (a reason)\nleaving from (a departure point)\n\n\nwhy?  beats me.  It's idiomatic. English usage rules are democratic, not logical.  What 90% of the speakers say, is correct.\n\nThe use of "for" means "with the destination of"  so you can say "headed for trouble" but not "leaving for trouble". \n\n"on" means "in physical contact with" (held by gravity, etc), as in "sitting on a chair", "stuck on the wall"  or "walking on the street"\nalso it means "about" in "speaking on the subject of farming"\nIt could mean "energized" as in "the light was on" \nIt's used with dates, ("on Friday") \n\nI hope this helps.\n\nby the way, a "proposition" is a business offer, commonly understood as an offer of money for sex unless otherwise stated.\n\nThe word you want is "preposition" for a word that comes before a phrase (pre-position)
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because that's what it meant to be?
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I think the meaning of it is just to enjoy it while it lasts.  Every stage of it because it's all we've got and best make it worth while!
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Perhaps in an english language course.
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It means a quotation or saying
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it is true as per defintion please refer to
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Per Ardua Ad Astra - through struggle to the stars, the motto of the UKs RAF. I'm sure they wouldn't mind you borrowing it, as they did from Virgil. (the Roman poet, not the one in Thunderbirds!)