# I will thresh your skin with the desert thorns and briers
The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "I will make whips out of desert thorns and briers and use them to beat you and cut you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
# thorns and briers
sharp, pointed pieces on vines or tree limbs that stick out and can cut people and animals