વાંકી આંગલી વગર ઘી નીકલે નહી.

vāṁkī āṁgalī vagara ghī nīkalē nahī.

Literally: Without a crooked finger, ghee does not come out.
What it means: Sometimes one must be firm or use unconventional methods to get what is needed.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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