Idiom Breakdown

come with the territory

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Definition

To be a common, and often inconvenient, accompaniment of an occupation, situation, or occurrence.

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Probably an allusion to the territory assigned to a travelling salesman.

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"Johnny Carson's three-year tenure as top man of "Tonight" leaves him less edgy than any of that grind's predecessors and he has a fine relaxed philosophy about the side irritants of the nation's favorite chatterthon: "Loss of privacy comes with the territory.""
"When one decides to raise sheep, he accepts the fact that coyotes come with the territory."
"Many checkers have been upbraided by lordly writers and editors and big shots of all stripes. Such abuse came with the territory."
"Impatience . . . is chronic in the mass media. Indeed, it comes with the territory."

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