all in a days work

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[all in a day's work] or [all in the day's work] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Unpleasant or bad but to be expected; not harder than usual; not unusual.

* /Keeping ants away from a picnic lunch is all in the day's work./

* /When the car had a flat tire, Father said that it was all in a day's work./

Compare: PAR FOR THE COURSE, PUT UP WITH.

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	{adj. phr.} ⁴⁶⁹ {informal} ¹⁴⁰¹

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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