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pregnant woman

Nhumbu ibakwa rehuni, inochengeta nyoka nemakonzo.

Word Definitions

bakwa: woodpile

Translation

A pregnancy is like a woodpile, it harbours snakes and rats.

Application

Even good respectable parents sometimes have children who end up as bad people.

Similar Proverbs

1. Kuzvara hakuna hombarume.

2. Munhumbu manyachide munobarwa mbavha nomuroyi.

3. Nyoka yemvana yakazvara mbavha nomuroyi.

4. Ura mapoko, hunozvara mbavha nevaroyi.

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