- Literally
- To take a lamp and fall into a well.
- What it means
- Committing a foolish error despite having full knowledge of the danger.
- The English proverb Shah set beside it
- He that risks danger, dies therein unpitied.He runs against a point of spear.He that cuts himself wilfully, deserves no balsam.Look before you leap.
Also said as
- ઉડ પાહાણા પગ ઉપર પડ.
- દેખતે ડેળે છેતરાવું.
- આવ બલા, પકડ ગલા.
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