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Shona Definition
Munhu angati ashurirwa kana chinhu chisingaitiki chikaitika kwaari; sokuti orohwa nomwanakomana waakazvara asi kusina mumwe munhu zvake akambomurova kubva chizvarirwe.
English Translation
Having a dog raid my field is as freakish as if I had sown meat there. Something that could scarcely be expected to happen is read as an ill omen.
Cultural Context
“Said in outraged astonishment at the near-impossible — for instance by a mother struck by the grown son she bore.”
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