સમુદર તરી ખબોચીઆમાં ડુબવું.

samudara tarī khabōcīāmāṁ ḍubavuṁ.

Literally: Swimming the ocean and drowning in a puddle.
What it means: Overcoming a major challenge only to fail at a trivial one.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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