આગળથી ગાં— ધોઈ ને પાછળથી હગ્યા.

āgaḷathī gāṁ— dhōī nē pāchaḷathī hagyā.

Literally: Washed the backside first and defecated afterwards.
What it means: Said of someone who acts foolishly by doing tasks in reverse order.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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