# General Information:
These verses continue the "thirty sayings" ([Proverbs 22:20](../22/20.md)). It is the continuation of the description of a drunk person.
# lies on the top of a mast
The place on the mast where the person lies can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "lies in the basket near the top of a mast" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# mast
the long wooden pole to which are attached the sails of a sailing ship