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Mukadzi akanaka ari womumwe.

Translation

A wife is good/ attractive when she is another’s.

Application

Things that belong to others always seem better or more attractive than what one has, although they may not be.

Similar Proverbs

1. Murume akanaka asiri wako.

2. Ziso romukadzi womumwe rinodonha uchi.

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