ધંધો ઘટે ને પ્રીસીઆરી વધે.

dhaṁdhō ghaṭē nē prīsīārī vadhē.

Literally: Business decreases and showiness increases.
What it means: When a business is failing, people often try to hide it by acting more extravagant.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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