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Shona Definition
Hazvigoni kuti munhu agare aine pfuma yakamirira kuzoripa mhosva yaachazopara pamazuva anotevera. Chero mhosva yose zvayo inotobata munhu panguva yaanenge asingaitarisiri.
English Translation
Nobody is shrewd enough to talk his way out of a conviction. No one keeps wealth set aside to pay for an offence he has yet to commit, and a case always catches a person at a moment he was not expecting it.
Cultural Context
“Offered as an excuse at the chief's court by a convicted person who has no means to pay the fine.”
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This is a variant of
Mhosva haipfumirwiNo one can set money aside in advance for a court case that has not yet happened. Trouble of that kind cannot be budgeted for ahead of time.