કેડમાંથી ભાગ્યા, તે ઉલા શી રીતે થવાય?

kēḍamāṁthī bhāgyā, tē ulā śī rītē thavāya?

Literally: Broken from the waist, how can one become a jumper?
What it means: One cannot perform tasks that require physical or mental strength they do not possess.

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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