દેખતે ડળે આંખમાં આંગળી ઘાલવા દેવી.

dēkhatē ḍaḷē āṁkhamāṁ āṁgaḷī ghālavā dēvī.

Literally: To allow someone to poke a finger into one's eye while looking right at them.
What it means: Expresses allowing oneself to be blatantly deceived or harmed despite seeing it happen.

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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