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English Translation
In front of others the elephant is declared forbidden meat, but out of sight it becomes a tasty dish. People profess one standard publicly and act otherwise in private.
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This is a variant of
Ambuya ambuya pakazara vanhu / paseripo yave shamwariIn front of a crowd he calls her mother-in-law, but away from other eyes she is his lover.