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- Answer a fool and join in on his folly - AT: "Answer a fool according to his folly"
- so he will not become wise in his own eyes - AT: "so he will not think he is wise"
- Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence - AT: "a person who sends a fool to deliver a message for him will cause harm to himself"
- cuts off his own feet - Trusting a fool with a message is as ridiculous as cutting off his own feet. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_hyperbole)
- drinks violence - Sending a message by a fool is compared to taking in what will damage. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)