Tsumo dzine zvekudya

Akumbira banga, ada kupa muridzi nyama

English translation: One who borrows a knife intends to give meat to the owner

Kana shumba ikashaya nyama, inodya uswa

English translation: If a lion cannot find meat it eats grass

Mombe yekukwereta, kama wakaringa nzira

English translation: When milking a borrowed cow you have to watch the road

Kurera imbwa nomukaka mangwana inofuma yokuruma

English translation: Bring up a dog on milk it will bite you first thing the next day

Muto wetsenza ndiwo mumwe

English translation: Soup made from tuber roots is one and the same

Mai musuva usingasevwi mumuto

English translation: A mother is a morsel which needs no dipping into gravy

Mapudzi anowira kusina hari

English translation: Squashes fall where there are no pots

Chenga ose manhanga, hapana risina mhodzi

English translation: Collect all the pumpkins, there is none without seeds

Pasina nyimo makunguo aizodyei?

English translation: If there were no roundnuts what would the crows eat?

Anokanganwa mudyi wenyemba, muoreri wamateko haakanganwi

English translation: The one who forgets is the eater of the beans, the one who gathers up the shells does not forget

Kure kwegava, ndokusina mutsubvu

English translation: Far for a fox is where there is no smellyberry fingerleaf fruit tree

Iringa nameso, muchero wenhundurwa

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

Hwahwa hahuna mbuva

English translation: Beer is no food for a journey

Doro romunyimi rinovava

English translation: The beer of a stingy person tastes bitter

Wadya zai, wadya nhiyo yacho

English translation: One who eats the egg also eats the chick

Nhonhongora kudya chayo, kukumbirirei uchi kudondi?

English translation: A big bee eats its own reserve and does not need to ask for honey from a smaller bee

Zizi kurungwa munyu, roti 'Ndava hukuwo'

English translation: If an owl is seasoned with salt it thinks, 'I'm a chicken now too'

Kupa mweni, kuchengetera mbuva mberi

English translation: To give to a stranger is to store up provisions in the future