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# bring in little
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"harvest little" or "bring in only a small crop" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# but cannot get drunk
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There is not enough wine to satisfy the people's thirst and not nearly enough for drunkenness. The reader should understand that the text is not calling drunkenness a good thing.
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# the wage earner earns money only to put it into a bag full of holes
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Not earning enough money to buy necessary goods is spoken of as if the person were losing the money that falls out through holes in the money bag. Alternate translation: "the money the worker earns is gone before he finishes buying everything he needs" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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