નાક વીંધાવા ગઈ ને કાન વીંધાવી આવી.

nāka vīṁdhāvā gaī nē kāna vīṁdhāvī āvī.

Literally: She went to get her nose pierced and came back with her ears pierced.
What it means: Attempting to do one thing but ending up doing something completely different, often to one's detriment.

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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