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Shona idioms · 56 entries
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- Kubata dengaTo touch the sky.
- Kubata hanaTo hold the heart.
- Kubata jongwe muromoTo grab the rooster by its beak.
- Kubata kumesoTo touch the face.
- Kubata maokoTo hold hands.
- Kubatira ura mumaokoTo hold one's intestines in one's hands.
- Kubaya gudo nemukanwaTo stab a baboon through the mouth.
- Kubva zeraTo leave the age (of childhood).
- Kuchema misodzi yegarweTo cry crocodile tears.
- Kudira jechaTo pour sand.
- Kudya magaka mambishiTo eat raw cucumbers.
- Kudya marashaTo eat live coals.
- Kudya motoTo eat fire.
- Kuenda kwamupfiganebweTo go to the place whose entrance is closed with a stone.
- Kufambira dhongi rakaoraTo travel for a rotten donkey.
- Kufira mafufu segonzoTo die for husks like a rat.
- Kufuka rako wogaTo cover yourself with your own blanket, alone.
- Kufukura hapwaTo uncover the armpit.
- Kugara maokoTo sit on one's hands.
- Kuigochera pautsiTo roast it for oneself in the embers.
- Kuisa muromo mumhinoTo put the mouth into the nose.
- Kuita sebete rawira mumukakaTo be like a cockroach that has fallen into the milk.
- Kukanda mapfumo pasiTo throw down the spears.
- Kukanda tsokaTo throw the feet.
- Kumira negumbo rimweTo stand on one leg.
- Kuoma mate mumukanwaFor the saliva to dry up in the mouth.
- Kuora moyoFor the heart to rot.
- Kupeta musweTo fold the tail.
- Kupona napaburi retsonoTo survive through the eye of a needle.
- Kurasa musweTo throw away the tail.
- Kurova bemberaTo strike a hint.
- Kurova imbwa wakaviga mupinyiTo beat a dog while keeping the handle hidden.
- Kurovera matama pasiTo strike the cheeks on the ground.
- Kurovera moyo padomboTo strike the heart against a rock.
- Kuruma nzeveTo bite the ear.
- Kurumwa nechekucheraTo be bitten by what one was digging for.
- Kusekera muhapwaTo laugh into the armpit.
- Kushaya ganda kumesoTo have no skin on the face.
- Kushaya neremuromoTo lack even a word in the mouth.
- Kusona muromoTo sew up the mouth.
- Kutaura seune muti mukanwaTo speak as if you have medicine in your mouth.
- Kutemwa dzinobuda ropaTo be cut and still bleed.
- Kuteya nzeveTo set the ears like a trap.
- Kutiza mukumboTo run away to a man's home.
- Kutsenga mvuraTo chew water.
- Kutsika madziroTo step on the walls.
- Kutsika mwedziTo step on the moon.
- Kutura befuTo put down one's breath.
- Kuva mudenga rechinomweTo be in the seventh heaven.
- Kuva nemeso mesoTo have "eyes-eyes".
- Kuva nemoyo murefuTo have a long heart.
- Kuva neruokoTo have a hand.
- Kuve zai regondoTo be an eagle's egg.
- Kuwana dzamira nemhuruTo find them already standing with calves.
- Kuzvidya moyoTo eat one's own heart.
- Kuzvisikira moto muzisoTo kindle a fire in one's own eye.