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Shona Definition
Kana ishe akapara mhosva, haazvitongi, anototongwa navamwe. Hakuna munhu angagona kuzvitsoropodza pamhosho dzake.
English Translation
A case cannot sit in judgement on itself. However senior a person is, once he is the one at fault he cannot judge his own wrongdoing and must accept the ruling of others.
Cultural Context
“Applied when a person in authority is himself accused and has to submit to being judged by others.”
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