લેતી વખત ઢીલા, ને આપતી વખત વીલા.

lētī vakhata ḍhīlā, nē āpatī vakhata vīlā.

Literally: Humble when borrowing, but crestfallen when returning.
What it means: Said of a debtor who acts polite and submissive while taking a loan, but becomes sullen and evasive when returning it.

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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