દેખતે ડેળે આંખમાં આંગળી ઘાલવા દેવી.

dēkhatē ḍēḷē āṁkhamāṁ āṁgaḷī ghālavā dēvī.

Literally: To let someone poke a finger in one's eye while looking.
What it means: Allowing oneself to be cheated or harmed despite being fully aware of what is happening.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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