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Shona Definition
Munhu kana asingagaroita chimwe chinhu, musi waanoti ndochichiitawo kunowana chinochikanganisa, ndokuti chitadze kubudirira.
English Translation
Someone who habitually keeps putting a thing off finds that, by the time he finally sets about it, outside circumstances have got in the way and spoilt it.
Cultural Context
“Said of a man who long refused to let his son be schooled and sends him at last, only to find the school has shut down.”
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This is a variant of
Gore rinorima simbe / mvura hainayiThe one year a lazy man finally tills his field is the year the rain fails to come. The idle person's rare effort is met with bad luck.