Mwana muduku kudziva musendo noruoko iwo uchazomudziva womene

Mwana muduku kudziva musendo noruoko iwo uchazomudziva womene
English Direct Translation
(If) a child (is) fending off a ‘plane’ with (bare) hands, the ‘plane’ will fend off (his hands) too. (musendo: sharp tool for smoothening wood)
Shona Translation
Vanhu vazhinji havadi kutaurirwa kuti chinhu chine ngozi dzamara vati vamboona ngozi yacho pachavo, ndiko kuti vazozvichenjerera.
English Translation
Often people do not listen to advice cautioning them against dangers until an accident teaches them to be cautious. ‘A burnt child dreads the fire’.
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