આભ ફાટ્યું હોય ત્યાં થીગડું ન દેવાય

ābha phāṭyuṁ hōya tyāṁ thīgaḍuṁ na dēvāya

Literally: Where the sky itself has torn, you cannot sew on a patch.
What it means: Some disasters are too large to be repaired by small remedies.

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