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Shona Definition
Munhu anoshambadza haana paanosiya. Anobvunza pose pose nokuti haazivi kuti ndiani angamutengera shavo yake.
English Translation
A trader never settles in one place; because he has no way of knowing who will buy his wares, he asks everywhere and leaves nobody out.
Cultural Context
“Applied to a salesman who keeps calling and calling again on possible customers.”
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This is a variant of
Mutengesi ibere / hapana musha waanopfuuraA trader behaves like a hyena: there is no homestead he will pass by without stopping.