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 # how is it that you are turning back to ... principles?
 
-"Turning back" here is an idiom for "changing directions toward." This is the first of two rhetorical questions. AT: "you should not go back to ... principles." or "you should not change back to ... principles." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
+Here "turning back to" is a metaphor for starting to pay attention to something again. This is the first of two rhetorical questions. AT: "you should not start paying attention to ... principles." or "you should not be concerned with ... principles." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
 
 # elemental principles