out of the ordinary

Idioms  

1. Unusual, uncommon, exceptional, as in The venison they served was certainly out of the ordinary. This expression sometimes, but not always, indicates that something is better than the usual. However, the negative version, nothing out of the ordinary, usually indicates that something is not special or outstanding, as in It was an interesting lecture, but nothing out of the ordinary.

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Example Sentences

None of this is out of the ordinary for television, which has a long history of casting 20 and sometimes 30-somethings to portray adolescents.

From Salon

The disclosure of another transaction won’t signal anything out of the ordinary—Strategy has been continually supportive of Bitcoin.

From Barron's

“It’s so out of the ordinary, it’s a very quiet working neighborhood. Nothing like this has ever happened here.”

From Los Angeles Times

He says his 28-year-old sister, a trainee lawyer, was a "very experienced traveller", so seeing her off was nothing out of the ordinary.

From BBC

So this current drop isn’t anything too out of the ordinary.

From MarketWatch