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898 B
898 B
The desire of the lazy kills him
The writer speaks of what a person wants as if it were a person who could kill a lazy person. Here the lazy person wants to be idle and not work. AT: "A lazy person only wants to be idle, and because of that he will die" or "A lazy person will die because he does not want to work" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj)
his hands refuse
The hand is a synecdoche for the person. AT: "he refuses" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
craves
"wants greatly" or "desires strongly"
gives and does not hold back
The phrase "does not hold back" can be stated positively, and what he gives can be made explicit. AT: "gives everything he should" or "gives generously" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes)