હાથી ચાલ્યા જાય અને પૂંછ્ડું રહી જાય

hāthī cālyā jāya anē pūṁchḍuṁ rahī jāya

Literally: The elephant gets through and the tail is what sticks.
What it means: The whole enormous business went smoothly and the last small thing has held it up.

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