Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
insensitive to the fact that
English answer:
not aware that
English term
insensitive to
Non-PRO (2): Yasutomo Kanazawa, philgoddard
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Hong Kong
Excellence is a basic requirement.
Native in: Chinese (Variants: Cantonese, Traditional) 
, English
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese, Japanese to Chinese, and 1 more.
Not aware [that the proverb actually applies to themselves]
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
does not know how to use it wisely
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs 26&ver...
Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-04-21 13:11:54 GMT)
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Here are some commentaries which back up my reading of this
http://biblehub.com/commentaries/proverbs/26-9.htm
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Note added at 3 hrs (2016-04-21 13:21:47 GMT)
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OK, I was actually explaining the proverb itself rather than the comment on it which follows
...because when a fool uses a proverb, he is ***insensitive to*** the fact that it applies principally to himself..
Yes, "insensitive" does mean the fool is unaware that this may apply to him but I think the rest of the comment about "applies principally" is not actually correct or corresponds fully to the proverb itself
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
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Many thanks:-)
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B D Finch
: "the fact that it applies principally to himself"?//The drunkard risks falling onto the thorn he carries. Something like being hoist with one's own petard.
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not the way I read it at all...especially when read in conjunction with the other proverbs//the drunkard can also hurt/attack other people with the thornbush he carries
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