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Shona Definition
Munhu haafaniri kuita jee nezvinhu zvine ngozi. Zviya zvokusvora zvinhu ndokuti regai ndimboona zvinogona kupinza munhu murufu sokutamba.
English Translation
What can kill you is no subject for joking. Scoffing at a danger and saying you will just try it out to see can end a life. Know what you are dealing with first.
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This is a variant of
Rwizi ruzere haruedzwi negumboYou do not test a river that is in full flood by wading a leg into it. Some dangers are too great to be sampled or measured by trial.