નાસતા ચારની લંગોટી, ને ભાગતા ભૂતની કછોટી.

nāsatā cāranī laṁgōṭī, nē bhāgatā bhūtanī kachōṭī.

Literally: The loincloth of a fleeing thief, and the loincloth-end of a running ghost.
What it means: Salvage whatever small thing you can get from a bad debtor or a hopeless situation.

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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