as usual

as usual
as usual
as is the normal or typical situation. •

John ordered eggs for breakfast, as usual.

He stood quietly as usual, waiting for the bus to come.

* * *
{adv. phr.} In the usual way; as you usually do or as it usually does. * /As usual, Tommy forgot to make his bed before he went out to play./ * /Only a week after the fire in the store, it was doing business as usual./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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