“Zviro zviyedzwa chembere yekwaChivi yakabika mabwe ikanwa muto.”

When people say it

• In a 2021 Herald column on tourism at Tugwi-Mukosi dam in Chivi district, Lovemore Chikova opened with "Zvinhu zviedzwa chembere yakwaChivi". He said the saying is often used as a joke but points to the old woman's inventiveness. The Herald
• A young man in Chiredzi doubted that selling tomatoes at the roadside would pay. His uncle said it and told him to try for one month.