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Shona Definition
Munhu anobva kune nzara anodyisa sokunge achafa. Pakutaura tsumo iyi vakuru vanoenzanisa munhu abva kunzara nemombe yabva kunzvimbo isina uswa.
English Translation
Someone who arrives from a place of hunger eats as though eating were the last thing he would ever do. The proverb likens such a person to a beast brought in from pasture where there was no grass.
Cultural Context
“Said of a greedy eater whose appetite betrays that there is nothing to eat at his own home.”
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