ધણી આવ્યા કે ધાડ, ઝુપડું લગાડું કે વાડ.

dhaṇī āvyā kē dhāḍa, jhupaḍuṁ lagāḍuṁ kē vāḍa.

Literally: Has the master come or a raid, should I set fire to the hut or the fence?
What it means: Said of a state of extreme panic and confusion where one does not know how to react to a sudden arrival or crisis.

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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