નાલાએક ફરજંદ હાથની છડી આંગળી જેવું છે, જો તે કાપી નાંખીએ તો દુખ થાય ને રાખીએ તો એબ જણાય.

nālāēka pharajaṁda hāthanī chaḍī āṁgaḷī jēvuṁ chē, jō tē kāpī nāṁkhīē tō dukha thāya nē rākhīē tō ēba jaṇāya.

Literally: An unworthy child is like a stick in the hand; if we cut it off, it hurts, and if we keep it, the defect is visible.
What it means: A problematic family member is a burden that is painful to discard but embarrassing to keep.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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