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Shona Definition
Kuona munhu mupfumi otambura zvokuti anopemha zvinenge zvichireva kuti panyika pava nenhamo huru.
English Translation
A baboon dropping out of a tree would be a strange thing to witness. In the same way, people are taken aback by a man who was once rich and is now so badly off that he begs, and such a turn of events points to great hardship in the land.
Cultural Context
“Said of someone formerly wealthy or important who has fallen into want. The source also treats a rich man begging from a poor one as arrogance.”
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