લેતી વખત દીકરા, આપતી વખત દુશ્મન.

lētī vakhata dīkarā, āpatī vakhata duśmana.

Literally: A loving son when taking, an enemy when giving back.
What it means: Said of borrowers who act sweet like a son when taking money, but turn hostile like an enemy when asked to pay it back.

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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