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Shona Definition
Chinhu kana chichiri chitsva chinomhanyirwa navanhu kwazvo. Asi kana chichinge chagara kwenguva, chinofinha zvokuti kudiwa kwacho kunobva kwaperawo.
English Translation
A newly made reed whistle is blown so eagerly that it swells the lips. People throw themselves at whatever is new and in vogue, then drop it the moment the novelty wears off.
Cultural Context
“Offered, for instance, to parents as a reason to be tolerant when children abandon the toys they had begged so hard for.”
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This is a variant of
Mwana kuchemera nyere yepfuta / achairega yaputaA child who cries and pleads for a whistle cut from the castor-oil plant will throw it aside once it dries up and shrivels. What is demanded so urgently is often dropped as soon as it loses its freshness.