| 词组 | part and parcel |
| 释义 | Idiom part and parcel (of something) Theme: PORTION part of something; an important part of something. (Fixed order.)This point is part and parcel of my whole argument.Get every part and parcel of this machine out of my living room.Come on! Move out—part and parcel! Idiom bag and baggage and part and parcel Theme: OWNERSHIP with one's luggage; with all one's pos sessions. (Informal. Fixed order.)Sally showed up at our door bag and baggage one Sunday morning.All right, if you won't pay the rent, out with you, bag and baggage!Get all your stuff—part and parcel—out of here! Idiom part and parcelpart and parcel (of something) something that cannot be separated from a condition or activity.Being recognized on the street is part and parcel of being a celebrity. part and parcelAn essential or fundamental part or aspect (of something). Dealing with tantrums is part and parcel of raising a toddler. I'm afraid customer complaints are part and parcel of this job. part and parcelAn essential or basic element, as in Traveling is part and parcel of Zach's job. Used since the 15th century as a legal term, with part meaning "a portion" and parcel "something integral with a whole," this idiom began to be used more loosely from about 1800. Although both nouns have the same basic meaning, the redundancy lends emphasis. part and parcelCOMMON If one thing is part and parcel of another, it is involved or included in it and cannot be separated from it. Strong views and humour were part and parcel of our home life. Difficult times are part and parcel of being a professional. part and parcel A basic or essential part: Working overtime is part and parcel of my job. part and parcelAn essential portion or element. This expression originally was a legal term and was so used from the sixteenth century on, principally for clauses of a law and for parts of a landholding. Alliterative and tautological, it began to be used figuratively from about 1800 on. Patrick E. Dove wrote, “The moral law of the conscience is part and parcel of man himself ” (Logic of the Christian Faith, 1856). |
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