દાંતે તરણાં લીધાં; મ્હોમાં ખાસકું લીધું.

dāṁtē taraṇāṁ līdhāṁ; mhōmāṁ khāsakuṁ līdhuṁ.

Literally: Took grass between the teeth; took a shoe in the mouth.
What it means: Expresses extreme surrender, humiliation, and begging for mercy.

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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