a clever hawk hides its claws
- a clever hawk hides its claws
Japanese proverb.
1994 S. NISON Beyond Candlesticks i. There is a Japanese saying, ‘A clever hawk hides its claws.’ For over a century, the claws of Japanese technical analysis, that is candlestick charts, were a secret hidden from the western world.
1999 Medical Education XXXIII. ii. 150 No-one appears eager to reduce medical costs, and people are inclined to devote their efforts to other fields. This is encapsulated in a famous Japanese proverb: A wise hawk feigns incapacity by hiding his sharp claws.
2007 J. HUIZENGA ‘Ten Tips for Teaching English as a Foreign Language’ on http://www.transitionsabroad.com In classrooms outside the U.S., however, showing solidarity with classmates..is often more important than looking good for the teacher... This holds true in Japan and China..where proverbs express the cultural idea in a nutshell: ‘The clever hawk hides its claws’.
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