Rashi on Proverbs
Do not look at wine when it is red Do not put your eye on it.
Rashi on Proverbs
when he puts his eye on the cup, it goes smoothly Whoever is habitually drunk—all transgressions appear to him to be straight; all ways appear straight.
Rashi on Proverbs
on the cup Heb. בכוס. The masoretic text reads: בכיס, on the pocket; i.e., the drinker puts his eye on the cup, and the storekeeper puts his eye on this one’s pocket.