- Literally
- Took straw in the teeth; took a shoe in the mouth.
- What it means
- Said of someone who has been utterly humiliated and forced to beg for mercy in the most abject manner.
Also said as
- નમી પડ્યા.
- વિચાર કર્યા વગર છાતી જોરથી અલેલટપ્પુ કામ કરવું.
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