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Shona Definition
Kana munhu achiita chinhu chaanoziva kuti chingamuurayisa kana kumupinza mumhosva anotenge akazvigadzirira kare. Anoziva mazano aangapunyuka nawo.
English Translation
The lizard only basks where its crack in the rock is within reach. A person who walks into risk has already worked out his way back out of it.
Cultural Context
“Used of someone who has quietly prepared his escape beforehand, as with a man who elopes with a daughter having already arranged the compensation payment to her family.”
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