Tsumo

Izwi rabuda mumuromo / haridzivirirwi

Shona Definition

Once a word has left the mouth there is no warding it off. What has been said cannot be blocked or taken back.

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This is a variant of

A club is something you can ward off, but a spoken word cannot be parried.