નાતરાની વાટ જોઇ ચુલામાં પાણી રેડ્યું.

nātarānī vāṭa jōi culāmāṁ pāṇī rēḍyuṁ.

Literally: Waiting for a second marriage, she poured water into the hearth.
What it means: Abandoning one's current secure livelihood in anticipation of a future benefit that is not yet certain.

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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