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Shona Definition
Munhu kunyanya kunyengetedza nokuchengetedza chinhu zvinoitisa kuti chinhu chacho chife kana kurasika. Vana vanokura vachinyengetedzwa, vachiwana zvose ivo vagere zvavo ndivo vanozoita simbe paupenyu hwavo.
English Translation
Fussing over something and handing it everything can be the very thing that ruins it. Children raised with every want supplied while they sit idle grow into lazy adults.
Cultural Context
“Applied to parents whose foolish fondness for their children leads them to spoil them.”
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This is a variant of
Rukombesa ropa runorasa neriri mumbiyaGrabbing too greedily at the blood being collected can make you knock over what is already safely in the dish. Over-eagerness for more costs you what you had already secured.