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  • folds his hands and does not work - To fold the hands is a gesture of laziness and is another way of saying that the person refuses to work. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_idiom and :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism)
  • so his food is his own flesh - AT: "as a result, he causes his own ruin." (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
  • work that tries to shepherd the wind - Not all work is profitable. Some work is not profitable like trying to control the wind. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)