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Like vinegar on the teeth and smoke in the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him

Sending a lazy person to accomplish a task is irritating and unpleasant. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

vinegar

a sour liquid used to flavor or preserve foods

the years of the wicked

"the lifetime of the evil person"