મોટા મચ્છ નાના માછલાંને ગળી જાય.

mōṭā maccha nānā māchalāṁnē gaḷī jāya.

Literally: Big fish swallow small fish.
What it means: The powerful exploit and destroy the weak.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: The rich eat up the labour of the poor.

Also said as

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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