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Shona Definition
Kana munhu akadya akadzvova zvinotaridza kuti aguta. Asi ukaona munhu aparadzana nechimwe chinhu chaaidisisa zvinoreva kuti afinhwa nacho.
English Translation
A belch signals a full stomach; in the same way, someone who lets go of a thing he once loved does so because he has had his fill of it, and too much of anything ends in boredom and discontent.
Cultural Context
“When a man starts running his wife down, people quote this and read it as divorce being close at hand.”
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