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Shona Definition
Kana munhu achiita utsinye hwokuparadza zvinhu zvaasingashandisi anonzi anoshinha. Varoyi vanongoda kuparadza upenyu hwavanhu asi hapana chavanobatsirwa nacho pakuroya vanhu kwavanoita.
English Translation
Someone who destroys for the sheer sake of destroying is like a snake that bites what it will not eat. Such spite brings the doer no benefit at all.
Cultural Context
“It is aimed at witches, who are said to kill people without gaining anything from the deaths they cause.”
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This is a variant of
Pfini yenyoka / kungoruma icho isingadyiThe snake's malice shows in biting a creature it has no intention of eating. It describes harm done out of pure spite, with nothing to be gained from it.