સમતે સુખડી ને ફાલ તે તાળી, ગળે મૂક્યો હાથ, પણ નથી મૂકી પાળી.

samatē sukhaḍī nē phāla tē tāḷī, gaḷē mūkyō hātha, paṇa nathī mūkī pāḷī.

Literally: Sukhdi when agreed upon, and a clap when successful; a hand was placed on the throat, but the boundary was not abandoned.
What it means: Said of a compromise where outward agreement is reached under pressure, but the core principles or boundaries are still maintained.

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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