Tsumo

Wegudza ndowegudza / kufuga gumbeze rinotsva

Shona Definition

Whoever is destined for a bark blanket must make do with one; should he cover himself with a woollen blanket, it will end up burnt.

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The one marked out for misfortune keeps meeting it, while the same trouble simply passes on by when it falls to somebody else.