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Shona Definition
Regera kuvimba nechinhu chausati wava nacho. Nguva dzose kana chinhu chisati chava mumaoko ako rega kuzvifadza uchiti chava chako. Kana pari pazvokudya, unofanira kuzofara nechaunenge watodya.
English Translation
The only thing you truly own is what you have already eaten; whatever is still sitting there may yet turn out to be someone else's. Do not count a thing as yours until it is firmly in your hands.
Cultural Context
“Used to caution against relying on something not yet actually received.”
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This is a variant of
Uswa hwenyati ndohuri mudumbu / huri pamuromo inofa nahwoThe buffalo's grass is the grass already in its stomach; whatever is still in its mouth can be lost with it when it dies. Only what you have genuinely secured counts as yours.