Proverb in the local language
Chembere yoshayika / Bere rorutsa imvi.
The missing old woman and the hyena
Proverb's direct translation
The old lady is missing / The hyena is vomiting grey hairs.
Proverb's meaning
Something suspicious.
From: Shona of Zimbabwe.
General comments
In Uganda they have a rather vulgar version that "Is it not strange that the hyena shits grey hairs when the old woman goes missing?"
