This flashcard introduces the idiom 'part of the furniture,' explaining it describes someone who is so familiar and has been present in a place for so long that people cannot remember when they started being there.
这张闪卡介绍了一个成语“part of the furniture”（构成家具的一部分）的用法，并解释说它用来形容一个人非常熟悉且长期存在于某个地方，以至于人们记不清他是什么时候开始的。
| Expression | 坐在窗边的那个老家伙不太引人注目—人们记不起他是什么时候开始就每天晚上光顾这家酒吧。 |
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| Meaning | That old fellow by the window is part of the furniture—he's been coming in this pub every night for longer than anyone can remember. |
| Reading | zuò zài chuāng biān de nàge lǎo jiāhuo bù tài yǐnrénzhùmù rénmen jì bù qǐ tā shì shénmeshíhou kāishǐ jiù měitiān wǎnshang guānggù zhè jiā jiǔbā |
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