મરતાને સૌ મારે

maratānē sau mārē

Literally: Everyone strikes the man who is already dying.
What it means: Once a person is going down, everybody joins in.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: If a man once fall allwill tread him.

Also said as

Gujarati Wikiquote ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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