总是如此

[zǒng shì rú cǐ]

• such was the case with

例句

1. 人们都期待演员们把自己那部分台词谙记在心，绝不允许结结巴巴地吐词。然而情况并非总是如此。
   One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter. Yet this is not always the case.