standard

Related to standard: standard deviation

bog standard

slang Conventional. Primarily heard in UK. I just need a bog standard phone—nothing fancy.
See also: bog, standard

come up to standards

To improve someone or something enough to meet a certain requirement or expectation. If your intern doesn't come up to standards, expect him to be fired.
See also: come, standard, up

double standard

1. Any set of values or principles that are applied differently and unequally to two or more similar people, groups, or situations. The prime minster was accused of engaging in a double standard regarding his foreign policy, supporting extremism in countries long regarded as allies while decrying the same kind of extremism elsewhere.
2. An unwritten provision granting more sexual freedom to men than to women. The double standard that young men are encouraged to be sexually active while young women may be ostracized for it is still a hugely pervasive problem for many young people growing up today.
See also: double, standard

gold standard

1. Literally, a monetary standard where a currency's value is defined by an existing and fixed amount of gold. There are many who believe that the country should return to the gold standard for a more secure means of issuing currency.
2. By extension, a well-established and widely accepted model or paradigm of excellence by which similar things are judged or measured. Her research methodology in the late 1960s has since become the gold standard for drug trials today.
See also: gold, standard

new standard

A newly-adopted benchmark or measure; a new way of judging something. High unemployment rates have become the new standard due to the country's economic strife.
See also: new, standard

standard fare

A common occurrence. Smashed instruments are standard fare at a rock concert. Arguments are standard fare for the Smith family at Thanksgiving, believe me.
See also: fare, standard

standard-bearer

1. A military member who carries the flag of their unit. The soldier marched proudly, flag in hand, as the standard-bearer of his unit.
2. The widely-accepted leader of a cause, movement, or ideology. She rose above her contemporaries to become the standard-bearer of the women's rights movement.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

come up to someone's standards

to meet or be equal to someone's standards or requirements. Does this ice cream come up to your standards? Ann's concert recital did not come up to her own standards.
See also: come, standard, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

double standard

A set of principles establishing different provisions for one group than another; also, specifically, allowing men more sexual freedom than women. For example, She complained that her father had a double standard-her brothers were allowed to date, but she was not, even though she was older . [Mid-1900s]
See also: double, standard
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

the standard bearer

COMMON The standard bearer of a group of people or a belief is a person who represents them. He saw himself as the standard bearer of the right of the party. She's become very much the standard bearer for traditional, family values. Note: A standard is a flag with badges or symbols on it, which represent a person or organization. In the past, a standard bearer was the person who led an army into battle carrying a standard.
See also: bearer, standard
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

bog ˈstandard

(British English, informal) ordinary; with no special features: All you need is a bog standard machine — nothing fancy.
See also: bog, standard
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • bog standard
  • bog off
  • standard fare
  • embrace, extend, and extinguish
  • extend
  • garden
  • common-or-garden
  • common or garden
  • common or garden variety
  • bog down
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Historically, appeals courts applied conflicting standards to revenue rulings.
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The AICPA's exposure draft of proposed Statements on Standards for Tax Services No.
Web services, SOA, and ESB will grow and a standard payload format like XBRL will help.
Communicate the benefits, be part of the voice of business to software developers asking them to incorporate XBRL GL as a standard import/export format for tax planning, compliance, FAS 109/IAS 12.
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Congressional Republicans listened to the rabble, drawing this rebuke from Weekly Standard opinion editor David Tell in 1991: "When the 'conservative street' is wrong, it should be corrected--or ignored" He fretted that Republicans were "flunking" a "yea-or-nay question concerning America's continued engagement with the rest of the world" and chided them for posing "ultimately unanswerable questions about 'exit strategy.'" Aside from Tell's piece, the book largely glosses over intraconservative foreign policy debates.
The Weekly Standard wanted a more ambitious conservatism than this libertarian-sounding formulation.
As a result of the Iowa meetings, IMSA for the first time created a standards advisory committee that met periodically and included people from rating agencies, consumer groups, and the regulatory and producer communities, said Atchinson.
IMSA's new standards correlate closely with the new model law.