નેતરનાં ઝાડની પેઠે કંપે છે, પાંદડાની પેઠે ધ્રુજે છે.

nētaranāṁ jhāḍanī pēṭhē kaṁpē chē, pāṁdaḍānī pēṭhē dhrujē chē.

Literally: Shaking like a cane tree, trembling like a leaf.
What it means: Said of someone who is extremely terrified or weak with fear.

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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