- Literally
- Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law share one sari; if the mother-in-law wears it, the daughter-in-law is naked.
- What it means
- Said of a situation of extreme scarcity where two people must compete for the same single resource.
- The English proverb Shah set beside it
- Two of a trade seldom agree.
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