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Shona Definition
Agara nomunhu wake anoziva maitiro ake. Vanhu vokunze havangaiti nharo maererano nezvishereketo zvomunhu kupinda uyo anogara naye.
English Translation
A person's ways are known by whoever lives beside him. Years of close company teach you the oddities of someone who is hard to get along with, and people on the outside are in no position to argue about them.
Cultural Context
“Cited to settle disputes about how someone behaves: the one who shares daily life with him — a mother with her son, for instance — knows him far better than any outsider.”
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