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Here are lines from Author's note at the end of the book. What does "picking our teeth" mean? Is it an idiom?
And so they lived long and happily, but we have nothing?
"Those wishing to learn more about Sicily’s folktales may want to read The Collected Sicilian Folk andFairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitrè, translated and edited by Jack Zipes and Joseph Russo. Many end with a coda, like this one:
And so they lived on, in contentment and peace,
While we remain here, picking our teeth.
L. Scottoline "Loyalty
And so they lived long and happily, but we have nothing?
"Those wishing to learn more about Sicily’s folktales may want to read The Collected Sicilian Folk andFairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitrè, translated and edited by Jack Zipes and Joseph Russo. Many end with a coda, like this one:
And so they lived on, in contentment and peace,
While we remain here, picking our teeth.
L. Scottoline "Loyalty