પગ મૂકવા જગ્યા આપી કે ધરધણી થાય,

paga mūkavā jagyā āpī kē dharadhaṇī thāya,

Literally: Gave space to put a foot, and they become the owner of the house.
What it means: If you give someone a little leeway, they will try to take over completely.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Give him an inch, he will take an ell.

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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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