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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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"So is someone"

As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy man to those who send him.

can someone explain the second part of the sentence? about the usage of "So is XXXX", who is those stand for?

is it "so is the person who send the lazy man (him) to"?
  

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"So" means the whole first part of the sentence. " As for what it means???

  • "So" means the whole first part of the sentence.
  • " As for what it means???
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"So" means the whole first part of the sentence. The sentence is equivalent to "The lazy man is as vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes to those (people) who send him." As for what it means???

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