- Literally
- By stumbling on obstacles, one becomes clever.
- What it means
- Wisdom and caution are learned through bitter personal experience and hardship.
- The English proverb Shah set beside it
- Man is a foolish creature, he will follow no examples and he will pay too dear for his experience.
Also said as
- લાખ ખાય ત્યારે લાખેના થાય.
- ઘાટ ઘાટનાં પાણી પીએ, ત્યારે ઘડાય.
- બત્રીશ ગેદા ખાય ત્યારે બત્રીશ લક્ષણે થાય.
- ઘણા ટકરા ખાય ત્યારે પાકા થાય.
- બહાર ફરે તે બાજંદો થાય.
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