જેમ ખાંડે તેમ ફેતરાં છાંડે.

jēma khāṁḍē tēma phētarāṁ chāṁḍē.

Literally: The more it is pounded, the more husks it scatters.
What it means: Agitating a bad matter further only exposes more flaws and creates greater mess.

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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