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Shona Definition
Munhu ari wose anoda kuti zvake iye chete zvibudirire zvavamwe zvikundikane nokudzikira pasi.
English Translation
You keep your own innards out of harm's way but throw the mice's on the fire. Everyone wants his own affairs to prosper while other people's come to nothing.
Cultural Context
“Said of someone who guards his own interests carefully yet treats another's with contempt.”
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