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# flatters his neighbor
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knowingly tells his neighbor things that are not true so that the neighbor will do what the speaker wants him to do
# spreading a net for his feet
The writer compares the flattery of a person to setting that person up to being caught in a trap. Alternate translation: "setting a trap to catch that person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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