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# Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined to emphasize the danger of too much alcohol. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# Wine is a mocker
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Here "wine" refers to the person who is drunk with wine. Alternate translation: "A person who is drunk with wine mocks" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# strong drink is a brawler
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Here "strong drink" refers to a person who is drunk with strong drink. Alternate translation: "a person who is drunk with strong drink starts fights" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# a brawler
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a person who fights noisily, usually in a public place
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# whoever is led astray by drink is not wise
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "whoever drinks until they can no longer think clearly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# by drink
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Here "drink" refers to alcoholic drinks
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# is not wise
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This means the opposite of "wise" which is "foolish." Alternate translation: "is foolish" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-litotes]])
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