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Discouraging the goat

Proverb in the local language
Chinonyadza meya mbudzi wuti mbgwa ya ja chimela iyo ilipo.
Proverb's direct translation
What discourages the goat is that the dog eats a plant while it looks.
Proverb's meaning
What discourages is when people who have no business with something do it before those who could do it better
From: Kalanga of Botswana and Zimbabwe

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