શિંગડે ઝાલે તો ખાંડા, પૂંછડે ઝાલે તો બાંડા.

śiṁgaḍē jhālē tō khāṁḍā, pūṁchaḍē jhālē tō bāṁḍā.

Literally: If caught by the horns, it is broken-horned; if caught by the tail, it is tailless.
What it means: Said of a difficult situation where every option or attempt to control it leads to damage or defect.

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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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