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Mari ifuza / hairambi munhu

Shona Definition

Mari haizivi kuti ndiri waani nokudaro haina munhu wainoramba.

English Translation

Money is a simpleton: it has no loyalty and refuses no owner, passing from hand to hand without caring whose it is.

Cultural Context

“Said of wealth changing hands unpredictably, since money belongs to no one for long.”

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