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627 B
627 B
it bites like a serpent ... it stings like an adder
The word "it" refers to "the red wine". These two phrases describe the unpleasant effects of drinking wine; it feels like the bite or sting of a dangerous snake. The comparison is repeated twice to make it emphatic. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
adder
a type of poisonous snake
your heart will utter perverse things
This means that the person who is drunk will say unusual and strange things because he is not able to think clearly. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)