ડુબતા માણસ પ્રીણને વળગે.

ḍubatā māṇasa prīṇanē vaḷagē.

Literally: A drowning man clings to a straw.
What it means: In desperation, one will grasp at any minor hope for survival.

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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