Tsumo dzine nhengo dzemuviri

Kutsva kwerurimi hakuna marapiro

English translation: A burn on the tongue cannot be treated

Muromo inyore kuvhura, kupfiga unonetsa

English translation: The mouth is easy to open, difficult to close

Zviururwi zvinofara kana kondo afa ziso

English translation: The frogs rejoice when the hammer-head has lost its eye

Iringa nameso, muchero wenhundurwa

English translation: It is best admired from a distance, like a bitter apple

Rinonyenga rinohwarara, rinosimudza musoro rawana

English translation: He who is courting bows down, he raises his head when married

Mhanza chironda, inotevera akura

English translation: Baldness is a sore, it follows the one that has grown old

Chara chimwe, hachitswanyi inda

English translation: One thumb cannot crush a louse

Unyanzvi, kubata ruoko webenzi

English translation: It shows expertise to handle a madman

Mutsa werutsoka, kuperekedza ziso

English translation: The compassion of the foot is to accompany the eye

Chitsva chiri murutsoka

English translation: Something new is in the foot

Ishungu dzomutana waswera padare, kuramba nemhandire seane meno

English translation: It is the ill-nature of an old man at the meeting place to begrudge others even roasted mealie grains as if he had the teeth to munch them

Pabva zino rava vende

English translation: Where a tooth has come out there is now a gap

Mhuno hainwi mvura muromo usina kunwa

English translation: The nose does not drink if the mouth has not drunk

Akuruma nzeve, ndowako

English translation: The one who has bitten your ear, is yours

Igangaidza mukwenyi, mhezi kuvavira mudumbu

English translation: It is confusing to the scratcher for a pimple to itch inside his belly

Nhumbu inorema, yasvika

English translation: A pregnancy is heaviest near its delivery

Ushasha hwaro gudo, kufamba rakasimudza chiuno kunyange risina muswe

English translation: The baboon proudly walks with a raised waist even if he has no tail

Kuda haro gonye kufamba nomusana, makumbo rinawo

English translation: A maggot prefers to walk on its back, even though it has legs

Ane ganda ane nyama, hazvienzane neakabata hohwa

English translation: One who has some skin has some meat, it does not compare with him who holds mushroom

Wehondo, haadyi chiropa

English translation: A warrior does not eat liver