ચોરની વાદે ચણા ઊપાડવા.

cōranī vādē caṇā ūpāḍavā.

Literally: To steal chickpeas in imitation of a thief.
What it means: Risking severe punishment or ruin for petty gains by blindly copying dangerous wrongdoers.

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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