If you've been with someone for this length of time you'll have to ask yourself what reservations have I got?
如果你和某人生活了这么长时间,你得问一下自己,你对这段婚姻满意吗?
quite apart from its significance as food, or from the literary idea that it will become a bird.
而完全不靠它的食用意义或它会变成鸟这样的文学概念来感觉。