Tsumo

Kutumira kwakashayisa mbira muswe

Shona Definition

The rock rabbit ended up without a tail because it asked someone else to go and fetch one for it.

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This is a variant of

A tail sent off on an errand never turns out to be long enough. What you delegate to another falls short of what you would achieve yourself.