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Kutakunya jedye, kuti riyambuke.

Definitions

jedye: bullfrog

takunya: flick away

Translation

Flicking away a bullfrog is helping it cross over.

Application

Some things seem like disturbances when said or done, only for the end result to be positive.

Similar Proverbs

1. Areva vi, ati idi ribude.

2. Kubvongodza mvura, kuti iyerere.

3. Wabvunza, watsvara mhosva.

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