હેઠલું હાલ્યું કહાડી લેવું.

hēṭhaluṁ hālyuṁ kahāḍī lēvuṁ.

Literally: To pull out what was put underneath.
What it means: To retrieve or extract one's secret investment or lower hand when a venture turns bad.

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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