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# General Information:
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These verses continue the "thirty sayings" ([Proverbs 22:20](../22/20.md)).
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# one with an evil eye
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Possible meanings are 1) a stingy person, one who does not like to give things to other people, or 2) an evil person.
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# do not crave
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"do not strongly desire." See how you translated "craves" in [Proverbs 21:9](../21/09.md).
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# delicacies
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"special and expensive food." See how you translated this in [Proverbs 23:3](./01.md).
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# his heart is not with you
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This is an idiom. AT: "he really does not want you to enjoy the meal" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# You will vomit up the little you have eaten
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This is an exaggeration for wishing one had not eaten anything. AT: "You will wish that you had not eaten anything" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# you will have wasted your compliments
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Compliments are spoken of as if they were valuable objects. The abstract noun "compliments" can be translated as a verb. AT: "he will not be happy even if you say good things about him and the food" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]] |