રાત રાણી ને વહુ કાણી.

rāta rāṇī nē vahu kāṇī.

Literally: The night is queen, and the bride is one-eyed.
What it means: Darkness hides flaws and deficiencies that would be blatantly obvious in full light.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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