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Shona Definition
Zvinoratidza kusafunga kana munhu achikuvadza nokuparadza chinhu chinozomuponesa kana kumubatsira. Sokuti kana munhu achida michero iri mumuti oita zvokuriga muti wose pasi kuti agowana michero yawo.
English Translation
Hairy caterpillars are foolish because they eat the very tree they live on. It shows a want of thought to ruin something that will serve you later or that your own survival rests on.
Cultural Context
“Used, for instance, to talk boys out of felling a tree simply to reach fruit they cannot pick from the ground.”
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