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Shona Definition
English Translation
Another person's misfortune is not enough to make you lie down with your head to the ground. Trouble that is not your own does not weigh on you the way your own does.
Cultural Context
“Said of the limited grief people feel for hardship that belongs to somebody else.”
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This is a variant of
Nhamo yomumwe / hairambirwi sadzaAnother person's misfortune is not a reason to refuse your own meal.