Tsumo

Totenda yabikwa / imba yepwere

Shona Definition

A young couple earns your trust only once they are actually keeping house properly.

“Said when praise or confidence is being offered before there is anything to show for it.”

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This is a variant of

We only put our trust in the blossom once we have eaten the chakata fruit it promised.