લાકડું વળે ચીરાય.

lākaḍuṁ vaḷē cīrāya.

Literally: Wood bends or splits.
What it means: A person or situation will either adapt under pressure or break completely.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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