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Shona Definition
Mwana mudiki haatani kunyengerwa. Dzimwe nguva anopesvedzerwa kuita zvinhu zvine ngozi pamwe achiitiswa zvinomuruzisa.
English Translation
A child is easily fooled: he catches a drongo and is persuaded to throw it away as though it were an owl. The young are quickly talked out of what they have, or into what harms them.
Cultural Context
“Used of the gullibility of young people, who can be led into danger or into losing what is theirs.”
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