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Shona Definition
Munhu haangaregi kuita chaanoda achiti nokuti vamwe havasati vachiita. Chido chokuita zvinhu uye kukurumidza mukuita kunosiyana pamunhu oga oga.
English Translation
You cannot excuse yourself from doing something that needs doing simply because others are still sitting idle. Willingness and quickness to act vary from one person to the next.
Cultural Context
“Said to push someone who is delaying a task on the excuse that nobody else has started it yet.”
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This is a variant of
Imire haimiriri iveteThe animal already on its feet does not hang about for the one still lying down.