ખારું પાણી ને પુઠના વા.

khāruṁ pāṇī nē puṭhanā vā.

Literally: Brackish water and a wind at your back.
What it means: One thing against you and one for you, and neither cancels the other.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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