2007-10-23 16:36:19 · 4 answers · asked by Zen the Ducky 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
From Phrase Finder: PART AND PARCEL - "A key component. With alliteration, redundancy and usage in the law going for it, this phrase was bound to be a veteran in the store of cliches. Indeed, it turned up as early as 1535 in the 'Acts of Henry VIII': 'This present Act, and euery (every) part and parcel thereof, shall extend.'" From "Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985).
2007-10-23 17:47:09 · answer #1 · answered by Barbara C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part And Parcel Origin
2016-11-09 12:36:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What is the origin of the idiom "part and parcel"... I know what it means but I don't know where it came from?
2015-08-06 23:51:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We think of parcel as meaning the whole package. But it originally meant "a piece," so "part" and "parcel" originally meant the same thing. Like "bits and pieces." I didn't know that before. Have a star.
2007-10-23 16:55:01 · answer #4 · answered by picador 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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The "threshold" and "ball and chain" both refer to marriage. Traditionally, the groom carries the bride across the threshold. One's spouse has long been referred to as a "ball and chain", and you can see this reference in wedding paraphernalia that has a ball and chain motif. In this case, the author states that he is trying to avoid marriage, seeing it as a pitfall, and obstacle to that which he desires, a life not tame.
2016-04-08 09:51:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋