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Shona Definition
Kana chinhu chikagara chisingashandiswi dzamara chava nenguva hachizoiti basa nomutoo kwawo.
English Translation
An old gun will not go off. Anything left unused for a long stretch deteriorates until it no longer works properly.
Cultural Context
“Said of tools or capacities that have been left idle too long.”
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