બુડતા બળતાની વીમો કોણ ઉતારે.

buḍatā baḷatānī vīmō kōṇa utārē.

Literally: Who would insure a drowning or burning person?
What it means: No one wants to help or invest in someone whose ruin is already imminent and inevitable.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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