Tsumo
“Mombe yekurunzirwa ndeyekukama wakarinde nzira.”
In English
You can never use borrowed things with the freedom you would have if it was yours.
When people say it
- In November 2014 Nick Mangwana named the proverb, in the form "mombe yekuronzerwa kama wakaringa nzira", while describing his village's cattle-lending custom. He used the custom to argue that sanctions on a president hurt the whole country. ZANU PF UK blog
- A man in Kwekwe borrowed his brother's car for a wedding and drove slowly all day, worried about every bump. His wife said it as he parked it back in the yard.