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- it bites like a serpent ... it stings like an adder - The word "it" refers to "the red wine". These two phrases describe the unpleasant effects of drinking wine; it feels like the bite or sting of a dangerous snake. The comparison is repeated twice to make it emphatic. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism and :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_simile)
- adder - a type of poisonous snake
- your heart will utter perverse things - This means that the person who is drunk will say unusual and strange things because he is not able to think clearly. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_synecdoche)