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# Like the legs ... is a proverb in the mouth of fools
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The phrases can be reordered. Alternate translation: "A proverb in the mouth of fools is like the legs of a paralytic which hang down" or "A proverb in the mouth of fools is as useless as the legs of a paralytic which hang down" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# a paralytic
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a person who is unable to move or feel all or part of his body
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# in the mouth of fools
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Here "mouth" is a metonym for speaking. Alternate translation: "in the speech of fools" or "that fools say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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