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Shona Definition
Kuona munhu achingogaroita zvinhu zvinosaka kuti agozoti vanhu vamukanganisira, anenge achida kuti vamutokonye agorwa navo.
English Translation
Someone who keeps acting in ways that annoy those around him is deliberately courting a confrontation, much as a blind man setting out with no stick invites others to stop and question him.
Cultural Context
“Applied to a person who provokes on purpose so as to have an excuse to fight, such as a bigger boy stretching his legs across the path so smaller boys will disturb him.”
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This is a variant of
Chidembo kuchera chakatarisa kudenga / kuti nditosvorweA polecat that digs while staring up at the sky is only asking for grit to fall into its eyes.