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folds his hands and does not work

To fold the hands is a gesture of laziness and is another way of saying that the person refuses to work. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

so his food is his own flesh

AT: "as a result, he causes his own ruin." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

work that tries to shepherd the wind

Not all work is profitable. Some work is not profitable like trying to control the wind. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)