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Kutuka werwendo / kuzvisosera nzira ngeminzwa. (M)

Shona Definition

English Translation

Berating someone who is on a journey amounts to strewing your own road with thorns.

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This is a variant of

Kurova werwendo / kuzvikohwera mapfumo mberi

Striking a passing traveller is the same as stockpiling spears that will one day be turned against you. Harm done to a stranger stores up retaliation for the future.