KwaunobvaTsumoUchenjeriMaunga marema kudya muti waagere.

Tsumo · Uchenjeri

Maunga marema kudya muti waagere.

Zvinorehwa

Zvinoratidza kusafunga kana munhu achikuvadza nokuparadza chinhu chinozomuponesa kana kumubatsira. Sokuti kana munhu achida michero iri mumuti oita zvokuriga muti wose pasi kuti agowana michero yawo.

What it means

It shows a lack of foresight to damage or destroy the very thing that would save or benefit you, like cutting down an entire fruit tree just to get its fruit.

Word for word

(Hairy) caterpillars are stupid, they feed on the tree on which they live.

Dzimwe tsumo dzeuchenjeri

Dzose

Tsumo · Uchenjeri

01 / 03

Kusaziva mumvuri worufu.

What it means

Someone who does not know something is like someone who is dead; elders say this of people who show ignorance of things known and understood by others.

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