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Tsoro-ndamba / inotangwa ngewayo. (M)

Shona Definition

Kuzoti munhu aitire vamwe zvakanaka kana kuti zvakaipa kunge iye aona vachiita saizvozvo.

English Translation

The one who opens the game sets its terms: people treat others well or badly according to how they have first been treated themselves.

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This is a variant of

Kutsenga muriwo / hudzidzisana

How to take relish is something people teach one another. There being the one helping of sadza and the one of relish, keep your attention off the relish; clear it before the sadza is gone and the others will hold it against you, for sadza on its own is poor eating.