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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.