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Shona Definition
Kuitira munhu chakaipa kunyangwe zvake asina simba rokudzorera; anoitawo chimwe chinhu kana kutaura shoko zvaro rinosara richikurwadza mwoyo kwenguva refu.
English Translation
What consumed you announced itself: the log has left its burn marks behind. Even someone powerless to hit back will do or say something that stays and gnaws at the conscience of whoever wronged them.
Cultural Context
“Applied to the parting sting of the weak, as when an underpaid farm labourer scatters cooked seed in his master's field before leaving for good.”
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