Tsumo

Shiri huru haibatwi nehundi

Shona Definition

Offering something worthless will not land you anything of size — chaff is no lure for a bird of consequence.

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This is a variant of

An elder is an elder and stays one, just as a guinea fowl does not settle on a sorghum stalk.