કંધેરમાં હાથ ઘાલી વિમાસવું.

kaṁdhēramāṁ hātha ghālī vimāsavuṁ.

Literally: To put hands into a ruin and worry.
What it means: Getting involved in a hopeless or messy situation and then regretting it.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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