Tsumo starting with B

Shona Proverbs

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Shona sounds:bh ch dh dy dz dzv gw kw mb mh mv nd ng nh nj ny nz pf sh sv sw ts tsv ty vh zh zv

Baba muredzi / mwana kuchema anodaidza maiA father only minds the child; the moment it cries, it calls out for its mother.
Badza guru kupa murimi / kuripa nyope inovata naroGive the big hoe to a real cultivator; hand it to an idler and he will simply sleep beside it. A thing is only worth anything in the hands of someone who knows how to work with it.
Badza guru kupa murimi / kuripa simbe inovata naroHand the large hoe to someone who actually farms; give it to an idler and it will simply lie beside him while he sleeps.
Basa / mangwananiMorning is the time for good work. Beginning while the hours are still ahead of you leaves room to put right whatever goes wrong later.
Bembwe rinotsvutsvudzirwa / ramukaThe dogs are only urged after a duiker once the animal has actually broken cover. Action should be taken at the moment the opportunity presents itself, not before.
Benzi kunge riri rako / kudzana kwaro unopururudzaIf the fool happens to be one of your own people, you will cheer him on even as he dances foolishly.
Benzi kupengera mumunda maro / regera rakadaroWhen a fool rages about in a field that belongs to him, let him be — it is his own concern.
Benzi rarambe mbanda harirapikeSomeone who turns down the remedy offered to him cannot be healed. A person who shuts his ears to every piece of advice will end up in deep trouble.
Bofu kufamba risina mudonzvo / kuti ndione ugondivhunzaSomeone who keeps acting in ways that annoy those around him is deliberately courting a confrontation, much as a blind man setting out with no stick invites others to stop and question him.
Bveni guru mutamba wakuva, zvino wodyei?If a person boasts and trusts in transient things, tomorrow those they were scornful of will ridicule them when what they boasted about is gone.
Bveni hariramwirwe mundaWhen someone damages what belongs to you, you do not surrender it to him in disgust; you take it back and make him pay for the harm done.
Bveni kuipa, kuipa haro, asi haridyi nousiku.If a person errs in some ways, they excel in others, so they should not be blamed for everything.
Bveni kuipa zvaro / haridyi chakafa chogaUgly as the baboon is, it still will not touch a carcass it did not kill. However bad a person may be, there is always some wrong he refuses to stoop to, so nobody is wholly evil.