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Shona Definition
Ukatarisa basa unoona serinooma asi iri mhosva yameso anenge achizeza. Munhu haafaniri kuzengurira kuita chinhu achiti chinorema nokuti kazhinji anozoona kuti chakareruka kana achinge achibata.
English Translation
A job looks heavier to the eye than it really is; it is the face that flinches, not the hands. Once someone actually sets to work he usually finds the thing far lighter than he feared.
Cultural Context
“Used to push someone who is hanging back from a task that only looks daunting, much as a long road seems hard until one starts walking it.”
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This is a variant of
Meso ihunza nungo / kubata hazvidyi muswereMerely staring at a task breeds idleness, whereas actually setting to work does not take up the whole day.