હૈયાની દાઝ કે લોકની લાજે.

haiyānī dājha kē lōkanī lājē.

Literally: From the burning of one's own heart, or out of shame before people.
What it means: Actions taken either out of deep personal distress or merely to save face in society.

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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