のうあるたかはつめをかくす

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of のうあるたかはつめをかくす – see the following entry.
能ある鷹は爪を隠す
[proverb] (idiomatic) To hold back.
(This term, のうあるたかはつめをかくす (nōarutakahatsumeokakusu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)