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Shona Definition
Munhu haakwanisi kuona zviri kumusana kwake nokudaro kana aine mbare hakuna rondedzero yadzo ingamugutsa. Nhau dzokutaurirwa hadzigutsi munhu asi kuzvionera.
English Translation
Nobody can see his own back, so no account of the scars on it will ever satisfy him; news received second-hand is equally unsatisfying compared with seeing a thing for yourself.
Cultural Context
“Used when weighing a report one has merely been told against first-hand observation.”
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This is a variant of
Muto wokupungurirwa / haupedzi sadzaRelish that somebody else dishes out for you never stretches far enough to see you through your sadza. What is handed to you in someone else's measure is never quite sufficient.