માથુડો સુવો ને ગોહડી પરવારી.

māthuḍō suvō nē gōhaḍī paravārī.

Literally: The head of the house is dead and the woman is finished.
What it means: A household falls into ruin when the primary provider or protector is gone.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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