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11 lines
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## folds his hands and does not work ##
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To fold the hands is a gesture of laziness and is another way of saying that the person refuses to work. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## so his food is his own flesh ##
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AT: "as a result, he causes his own ruin." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## work that tries to shepherd the wind ##
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Not all work is profitable. Some work is not profitable like trying to control the wind. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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