en_tn/pro/30/15.md

## The leech has two daughters ##

This is an example of something that always wants more. AT: "Greed has two daughters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## leech ##

a type of worm that attaches itself to the skin and sucks blood

## There are three things that are never satisfied, ##

This use of the numbers 'three' and 'four' together here is likely a poetic device. AT: "There are four things that are never satisfied, who never say, "Enough""

## never satisfied ##

AT: "always want more" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])

## scorns obedience ##

"despises to obey"

## ravens ##

large, shiny, black birds that eat plants and dead animals

## vultures ##

any one of several large birds that eat dead animals and have small, featherless heads