Is he still there? Wow, he really is part of the furniture.

他还在那儿工作吗？哇，他真的在那里工作很长时间了。

That's twenty years. My goodness! So you are part of the furniture at the BBC!

那已经有20年了。天哪！你也是BBC理所当然的存在！

John has been the school caretaker for nearly twenty years. He's become part of the furniture.

约翰做学校管理员已经二十年的时间了。他已经成为理所当然的存在。

We come here so often, it's almost as if we are part of the furniture.

我们经常来这里，就好像我们是这里的一部分一样。

What do you mean 'he's part of the furniture'? He is a person, not a sofa or a table.

你说他是“家具的一部分”是什么意思？他是人，不是沙发或桌子。

She's had a seat in parliament for over 50 years — she's part of the furniture in the House of Commons.

她担任议会议员已经有50多年的时间，她是下议院理所当然的存在。

Typically, they're under the counter and it's kind of part of the furniture.

通常，它们在柜台下， 是家具的一部分。

And then I thought about his later years when I'd treated him almost as a part of the furniture.

然后我想起了他的晚年，那时我几乎把他当作家具的一部分。