ઓડ ઉમરેઠના ઊંડા કુવા, દીકરી દે તેનાં માબાપ મુઆં.

ōḍa umarēṭhanā ūṁḍā kuvā, dīkarī dē tēnāṁ mābāpa muāṁ.

Literally: The deep wells of Od Umreth, the parents who give their daughter there are dead.
What it means: Refers to a place or situation so dangerous or undesirable that sending one's child there is equivalent to a death sentence.

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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