## Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler ##

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined to emphasize the danger of too much alcohol. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## wine is a mocker ##

AT: "a person who is drunk with wine mocks" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## strong drink is a brawler ##

AT: "a person who is drunk with strong drink starts fights" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## brawler ##

a person who fights noisily, usually in a public place

## whoever is led astray by drink is not wise ##

AT: "whoever drink leads astray is not wise" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## drink ##

This refers to alcoholic drinks.