- Literally
- Putting on shoes tightly and rolling up sleeves, wandering here and there, returning inside the house.
- What it means
- Said of someone who makes a great show of activity without accomplishing anything.
- The English proverb Shah set beside it
- Like a mill horse, that goes much but performs no journey.
Also said as
- આમ તેમ ફરીને, આવ્યા ઘરની માંહે.
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