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Shona Definition
Munhu kana ari murombo haafaniri kuda kuedzawo kuita zvinoitwa navapfumi. Vapfumi vanogona kuita zvinhu vachiziva kuti hapana chinovawana asi murombo haangagoni kudaro nokuti zvinomupinza munhamo yaasingazokwanisi.
English Translation
Someone dressed in tattered clothes does not leap over a fire. A person with means can absorb a risk that would ruin someone who has nothing.
Cultural Context
“Quoted to caution a poor or indebted person against gambles that only the well-off can afford to take.”
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