part and parcel

1. An 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.

Example Sentences

Indeed, the fact that the president and his defense secretary can insult the troops is part and parcel of a long tradition of disparagement and disrespect for armed service members—and this is all just another way of displaying military might in the nation’s capital, without regard for mission, training, expense, or waste.

From Slate

And terrorist attacks are part and parcel of daily life; when a bomb explodes in an expensive restaurant, the jaded patrons don’t stop eating for a moment as the staff block their views of the carnage with Japanese screens.

From Los Angeles Times

But, as Skrmetti highlights, the war on transgender persons is part and parcel of a war on women.

From Slate

"Smartphones are now part and parcel of the way North Korea tries to indoctrinate people", says Mr Williams.

From BBC

“He had been a restless soul for as long as I was aware,” Kachuck said. “lt was part and parcel with what he was doing: moving things around in his brain to accommodate problem solving that was interesting and remunerative.”

From Los Angeles Times