વાઘને કોણ કહે તારું મ્હોં ગંધાય છે?

vāghanē kōṇa kahē tāruṁ mhōṁ gaṁdhāya chē?

Literally: Who will tell the tiger that his mouth stinks?
What it means: Said of a powerful or tyrannical ruler whom nobody dares to criticize to his face.

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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