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# its beauty perishes # its beauty perishes
A flower that is becoming less beautiful because it is decaying is spoken of as if its beauty were dying. Alternate translation: "it is no longer beautiful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) A flower that is becoming less beautiful because it is decaying is spoken of as if its beauty were dying. Alternate translation: "it is no longer beautiful"
# the rich man will fade away in the middle of his journey # the rich man will fade away in the middle of his journey
Here the flower simile is probably continued. As flowers do not die suddenly but instead fade away over a short time, so also the rich people may not die suddenly but instead take a little time to disappear. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]]) As flowers do not die suddenly but instead fade away over a short time, so also the rich people may not die suddenly but instead take a little time to disappear.
# in the middle of his journey # in the middle of his journey
A rich man's activities in daily life are spoken of as if they are a journey that he is making. This metaphor implies that he is giving no thought to his coming death, and that it will takes him by surprise. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) A rich man's activities in daily life are spoken of as if they are a journey that he is making without giving any thought to his coming death, and that it takes him by surprise.