ડુંગર દુરથી રળીઆમણા, પાસે જાય તો બેહામણા.

ḍuṁgara durathī raḷīāmaṇā, pāsē jāya tō bēhāmaṇā.

Literally: Mountains look beautiful from a distance, but if you go near, they are frightening.
What it means: Things often look better from afar than they actually are.

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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