How would you explain these two sentences? Afterward Salome tried to get them all to cut a rug. She cranked up the Victrola and waved the mezcal bottle at the men, but they went to bed, leaving her fluttering around the parlor like a balloon of air, let go. It was her birthday, and not even her son to whom she had given life would cut a rug with her. "For God's sake, William, you're tedious," she diagnosed. Nose in the books, you're nothing but a canceled stamp. Flutie, green apples. wet blanket, this is only a small sample of the names that came to mind when Salome was stewed to the hat. He did try to dance with her after that, but it was too late. She couldn't hold herself up on her own stilts. How would you explain these two sentences: “…was stewed to the hat” and “She couldn't hold herself up on her own stilts”? As for the second sentence, I don’t think she was really standing on the stilts. Thanks!