દશરાને દહાડે જે ઘોડું ન દોડ્યું તે આડે દહાડે શું દોડે?

daśarānē dahāḍē jē ghōḍuṁ na dōḍyuṁ tē āḍē dahāḍē śuṁ dōḍē?

Literally: If a horse does not run on the day of Dasara, when will it run on ordinary days?
What it means: Someone who fails to perform on the crucial occasion cannot be expected to deliver at ordinary times.

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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