Tsumo

Chapinda kamwe / hachiteverwi.

Shona Definition

Kana munhu akapara mhosva kekutanga anoregererwa pachitarisirwa kuti haachazoparizve mhosva yakadai.

Something that has happened only once is not pursued; a first-time wrongdoer is let off in the expectation that the offence will not be repeated.

“Typically said by one judging a first offence as a way of waiving it.”

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This is a variant of

Something that has happened only once cannot be caught in a trap. There is no lying in wait for an event that does not come round again.