ઊભેરા મ્હડે ત્યારે પાણી છાંટવું.

ūbhērā mhaḍē tyārē pāṇī chāṁṭavuṁ.

Literally: When the face swells up in anger, splash water on it.
What it means: When someone is enraged, calm measures should be applied to cool them down.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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