ધણી આવ્યો કે ધાડ, ઝુપડું લગાડું કે વાડ.

dhaṇī āvyō kē dhāḍa, jhupaḍuṁ lagāḍuṁ kē vāḍa.

Literally: Did the master arrive or a raid, shall I set fire to the hut or the fence?
What it means: Spoken of a chaotic panic created by the sudden arrival of an overbearing master.

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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