得てして

えてして【得てして】

often 《happen》.

●優秀な人物はえてして挫折しやすいものだ. There's a tendency for highly gifted people to suffer setbacks. | First-class people just often go through bad patches.

・えてして学者は世間の常識にうとい. Academics tend [have a tendency] to be ignorant about commonsense matters. | Academics often don't have much sense.

・えてして不運は重なるものだ. Misfortune is likely to strike the same person several times. | Misfortune comes in bunches.

・「男はえてして身勝手よ」と彼女は言った. “Men tend to be selfish,” she said.