What is it that you are waiting for?”She answered, “The teeth.”中the teeth是什么意思

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Again he came over to their table and offered to buy some food. After being politely refused again he finally asked a question of the little old lady. “Ma’am, why aren’t you eating? You said that you share everything. What is it that you are waiting for?”

She answered, “The teeth.”最后的the teeth是什么意思

这是个英语笑话吧。老太太应该是在等她的假牙~

“the teeth"是“tooth"牙齿的复数形式。因为是little old lady,结合前后文语境,这里应该理解为假牙

这是指老夫人的牙齿已经掉光了的幽默说法。

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