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Shona Definition
Mwana wegomba kunyangwe akambokura zvake zvakanaka asi pashure anozovenga vohwo achiita zvishereketo zvinoratidza kuti iye haasiri woukama hwavo. Hakuna mwana wokunze anowadzana navana vasiri veropa rake.
English Translation
A child who comes into the household from outside is like a beast that arrived already chewing grass: however well he behaves at first, he later turns against the family's own children and shows he does not belong to their blood.
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This is a variant of
Mwana wegomba / inhimhanapasi sehweveraA child fathered by an adulterer causes ruin the way a cutworm does.