en_tn_lite_do_not_use/pro/23/01.md

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General Information:

These verses continue the "thirty sayings" (Proverbs 22:20).

put a knife to your throat

Possible meanings of this exaggeration are 1) "be very careful not to eat too much" or 2) "do not eat anything at all" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

Do not crave

"Do not strongly desire." See how you translated "craves" in Proverbs 21:9.

delicacies

"special and expensive food"

it is the food of lies

This is an idiom. "he is giving it to you so he can deceive you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

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