Meaning
'Dawg wid bone inna him mout cyaa bark' — a dog with a bone in its mouth cannot bark. A person who has been given something — a favour, a bribe, a share, a gift — is kept quiet by it, the proverb observes: you cannot both take the reward and speak out against the one who gave it. It shrewdly names how a benefit silences criticism, so that the man who accepts a handout forfeits his voice, and it is offered knowingly about the buying of silence and the price of a full mouth.
Examples
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Dem pay him off so him nah talk; dawg wid bone inna him mout cyaa bark.
They paid him off so he won't talk; a person bought off stays silent.
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Once she tek di favour, she couldn't complain — dawg wid bone inna him mout cyaa bark.
Once she took the favour, she couldn't complain — you can't accept and object both.
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Him quiet now dat dem give him a cut; dawg wid bone inna him mout cyaa bark.
He's quiet now they gave him a share; a bone in the mouth silences the bark.
Origin
A plain image: a dog clenching a bone physically cannot open its mouth to bark — a figure for how a gift or bribe buys a person's silence.
How it’s used
Used to observe that people who accept favours or bribes are thereby silenced.