હાથીઆ કાને ઝાલ્યા રહે નહીં.

hāthīā kānē jhālyā rahē nahīṁ.

Literally: Elephants cannot be held by their ears.
What it means: Powerful, headstrong, or highly influential people cannot be controlled or restrained by weak measures.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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