કસાઇને ઘેર ગાય બાંધવી.

kasāinē ghēra gāya bāṁdhavī.

Literally: Tying a cow at a butcher's house.
What it means: Entrusting a valuable person or thing to someone who will ruin them.

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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