# General Information:

These verses continue the "thirty sayings" ([Proverbs 22:20](../22/20.md)).

# too high for a fool

This is an idiom. "too difficult for a fool to understand" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# open his mouth

The mouth is a metonym for the words that come from the mouth. AT: "speak" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/gate]]