કાકા મટીને ભત્રીજા થયું.

kākā maṭīnē bhatrījā thayuṁ.

Literally: Ceasing to be an uncle and becoming a nephew.
What it means: Said of someone who loses rank and ends up subordinate to former inferiors.

Also said as

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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