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Shona Definition
Munhu akaita chinhu chaanoziva kuti kunyange akachachiregera zvake hazvichabatsiri haafaniri kudzokera shure. Munhu ukange watadzirwa kana kutsamwiswa rwakawanda unodzamara wotirira zvokuti unotozoona kuti nhamo ndihwo upenyu hwako.
English Translation
Someone who has already had his fill of hardship no longer fears what would frighten others, such as walking in the dark. Repeated suffering wears down fear until trouble simply feels like part of ordinary life.
Cultural Context
“Applied, for example, to a family visited by death so often that its members are no longer shaken by the prospect.”
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This is a variant of
Atota haachatyi kufamba mudovaOnce a person is already soaked through by the rain, walking through wet grass holds no fear for him.