Chaiti chururu chakapwa; nhasi tsambarafuta rava igo.

Word Definitions

tsambarafuta: large fatty edible flying ant

igo: wasp

Translation

What used to drip (fat) eventually dried out; the large flying ant is now a wasp.

Application

Circumstances sometimes change for the worse and even that which was important could lose its worth. Sometimes you will encounter a poor man who used to be rich.

Similar Proverbs

1. Aiva madziva, ava mazambuko.

2. Aiva maguta ava matongo.

3. Dzaiva nhungo dzava mbariro.