The Paragon Hotel Page 41
by Lyndsay Faye
* Enemies.
* Literally “He who wants too much, nothing tightens.” Proverb against overreaching.
* Rotten mackerels.
* Literally “Go sell your arse,” or go to hell.
* Pig whore.
* “You have a nail fixed in your head,” or you’re stuck on an idea.
* Literally “to the bean,” meaning to the letter.
* Sicilian, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”
* Sicilian, “Who looks for a quarrel, finds a quarrel.”
* Piece of shit.
