Manomano emuroyi kunyepera kutya dzvinyu akasungirira nyoka muchiuno.

Zvinorehwa

Munhu anogona kuratidza kutya chinhu chiduku achivanza chinhu chikuru zvechokwadi chaanacho.

What it means

Someone may put on a show of fearing something small and harmless while secretly holding something far more dangerous.

Word for word

A witch's trick: pretending to fear a lizard while a snake is tied around their waist.