ગાંડાનું ગાતર ગાંઠ.

gāṁḍānuṁ gātara gāṁṭha.

Literally: A fool's knot in his own limbs.
What it means: Something tangled or handled foolishly becomes hopelessly complicated.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: A fool's knot.

Also said as

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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