- Literally
- Sunk into a small earthen pot out of cleverness.
- What it means
- Becoming so overly shrewd or overthinking that one falls into utter folly.
- The English proverb Shah set beside it
- He who fears, suffers.
Also said as
- ડર ખાય તે ભરખાય.
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