હવે પાછલાં બારણાં કેમ લીધાં?

havē pāchalāṁ bāraṇāṁ kēma līdhāṁ?

Literally: Why take the back doors now?
What it means: Resorting to underhanded or secret methods after failing to act openly.

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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