શૂળીનું દુઃખ કાંટે ટળ્યું.

śūḷīnuṁ duḥkha kāṁṭē ṭaḷyuṁ.

Literally: The pain of the gallows was averted by a thorn.
What it means: A major disaster was avoided, resulting in only a minor mishap.

Also said as

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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