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Shona Definition
Kana munhu akagara nechinhu kwenguva refu ndokujairana nacho angangoona sechaipa kwaari achichochora zvavamwe zvakangofanana naichowo. Varume vanochiva vakadzi vevamwe vachifunga kuti zvimwe vakadzi ava vakasiyana nevavo. Apa vanokanganwa kuti vakadzi vose vakafanana.
English Translation
Another man's wife seems to have honey dripping from her eye. People tire of what is familiar and overrate what belongs to someone else, forgetting that it is really no better than what they already have — as a husband does when he covets another man's wife.
Cultural Context
“Used to rebuke the craving for what belongs to others, especially a married man's attraction to another man's wife.”
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