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Shona Definition
Chenjera kuti uregere kugara uchingoburitsa zvinhu zvaunenge wamboviga zvakaita sezviyo nemari uchizvisevenzesa pazvinhu zvisina maturo. Ziva kuti kana zvinhu zvaunenge watora hazvidzokeri. Nguva dzose kutora inyore asi kuvigisa kunorema.
English Translation
Scooping things out by the handful is not the same as putting them in. Grain and money are far easier to take out than to build up, and what is taken does not come back.
Cultural Context
“Used as a warning to someone who keeps dipping into their savings or stores and spending beyond their means.”
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