How would you explain this sentence?
Leandro says they couldn’t have this fiesta last year because of the Silence against the church. But that Santa Rita de Casia is not really a saint, but a woman-god. Nothing is ever what they say, and no one holy one hundred percent.
How would you explain the last sentence: Nothing is ever what they say, and no one holy one hundred percent?
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"Nothing is ever what they say, and no one [is] holy one hundred percent."
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Excellent explanation, thanks!
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"Nothing is every what they say" is literal. It refers to hearing what people say, and knowing that it is actually completely different.
"and no one holy one hundred percent" means that even those we look up to as saints, or Gods, are not perfect, or completely.
The sentence connects the above two ideas, indicating that people are not telling the truth when they say Santa Rita de Casia is a saint, because actually she is a woman, worshipped as a god, and the writer is indicating that neither she, nor anyone, can be perfectly/completely holy.
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