part and parcel
Inseparable from whole
Part and parcel means an essential or inseparable component of something larger: Criticism is part and parcel of public life.
The phrase is emphatic—both words mean roughly the same thing, reinforcing that the element in question cannot be separated from the whole.
It always appears with "of."
- ingredientElement in a mixture
- elementBasic substance or factor
- cruxMost important point
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- ins and outsThorough knowledge of details
key ingredient · nuts and bolts · meat and potatoes · foundation · module · constituent · fundamental · come with the territory · goes hand in hand · cut from the same cloth · all · framework · pillar · bedrock · bread and butter · stock and trade · cornerstone · backbone
- pairspair, pairs, two, duo, duos
- participationjoin in, membership, attendance, voting, contributions
part and parcelseparate
To set apart
detachable · peripheral · extraneous · incidental · tangential
part and parceloptional
Not mandatory
unnecessary · nonessential · inessential · dispensable · expendable
part and parcelnonessential
Not required or needed
inessential · unnecessary · superfluous · expendable · gratuitous
part, parcel, parts, parted, parting, partial, partially, partly, partake