## 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