Tsumo starting with PF

Shona Proverbs

• Pfavira ngoma / usiku urefuGo gently on the drum, since the night still has a long way to run; pace yourself rather than spending all your strength at the start.
• Pfini yenyoka / kungoruma icho isingadyiThe snake's malice shows in biting a creature it has no intention of eating. It describes harm done out of pure spite, with nothing to be gained from it.
• Pfuma inokura youripo, yousipo haikure.
• Pfuma yomukuwasha / idya uchichengeta mapfupaWhen you eat cattle that came from your son-in-law, hold on to the bones. Nothing entrusted or handed on to you is secure, since the real owner may come to reclaim it at any time, even while you are using it.
• Pfumo rimwe harina ukombaA single spear gives no real security; depending on just one thing is foolish, since it may be lost or ruined and leave you with nothing to fall back on.
• Pfumo rinobaya / ngerina hombarume.The spear that actually finds its mark is the one carried by a proven hunter. Results come from the person with the skill.
• Pfuti tsaru / haiririAn old gun will not go off. Anything left unused for a long stretch deteriorates until it no longer works properly.