#caution
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- Chidziva chakadzikama ndicho chinogara ngwena.tsumoIt is the calm pool that is home to the crocodile.
- Chura kugara mumvura handi kunwa.tsumoA frog living in water does not mean it drinks.
- Dzvinyu kuzamba zuva, huona bako.tsumoA lizard basks in the sun because it has a rock shelter in sight.
- Gondo kuengerera, raona zumbu.tsumoWhen an eagle keeps circling, it has seen a chicken run.
- Kamoto kamberevere kanopisa matanda mberi.tsumoA small smouldering fire burns the logs further on.
- Kungotya nyanga dzezizi, nyamba manhenga.tsumoIt is only fear of the owl's horns, when they are just feathers.
- Kurava mbudzi nedzisipo, kurava nedzava matowo.tsumoCounting goats that are not here means counting ones that are already hides.
- Kurera imbwa nomukaka, mangwana inofuma yokuruma.tsumoRaise a dog on milk, and tomorrow it will bite you.
- Natsa kwaunobva, kwaunoenda usiku.tsumoMake peace where you come from; where you are going is dark.
- Totenda maruva tadya chakata.tsumoWe will praise the blossoms once we have eaten the fruit.
- Uswa hwenyati ndohuri mudumbu, huri pamuromo inofa nahwo.tsumoA buffalo's grass is what is in its belly; it may die with the grass still in its mouth.
- Zino irema, rinosekerera warisingadi.tsumoA tooth is a fool; it smiles at someone it does not like.