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Shona Definition
Kugumisa chinhu chinenge chichifurutsa rugare rwavanhu kuita zvimwe zvinochitadzisa kubudirira. Kana mbavha ichinge yajairira kuzarura matura avanhu kuitadzisa kuba ndiko kutovaka matura acho mudzimba muna vanhu.
English Translation
The way to expose a lying diviner is to go along with what he first claims. More broadly, you stop something harmful by putting an obstacle in its path rather than by arguing with it.
Cultural Context
“Used of dealing with persistent wrongdoing at its source, as when granaries are built inside the house so a habitual thief can no longer reach them.”
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