Common Gujarati proverbs and figurative idioms with their meanings explained, for an upper-level learner. Front: the Gujarati idiom. Back: English meaning and usage note.
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- ઊંટના અઢાર વાંકા (unt na adhaar vaanka)
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The camel has eighteen crooked parts: describes someone or something with many flaws or complications- આગમાંથી ઊઠીને ફૂંગામાં પડવું (aagmaathi uthine phoongama padvu)
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Jumping from the fire into the frying pan: going from one bad situation to a worse one- એક કાંકરે બે પક્ષી મારવા (ek kaankre be pakshi maarva)
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To kill two birds with one pebble: to achieve two goals with a single action- આંધળી દળે ને કૂતરું ખાય (aandhli dade ne kutru khaay)
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The blind woman grinds and the dog eats: one person labors while another benefits unfairly- ધોબીનો કૂતરો ન ઘરનો ન ઘાટનો (dhobino kutro na gharno na ghaatno)
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The washerman's dog belongs neither to the house nor the riverbank: someone who belongs nowhere- ઊંટ મર્યા પછી પર્વત જેવડું (unt marya pachhi parvat jevdu)
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A dead camel looks as big as a mountain: a problem seems larger once it can no longer be solved- સોનાની થાળીમાં લોઢાની મેખ (sonaani thaadi ma lodhaani mekh)
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An iron nail in a golden plate: one flaw spoiling something otherwise excellent- ગાડા નીચે કૂતરું (gaada niche kutru)
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The dog under the cart: someone who thinks they are important but is merely along for the ride- વાડ જ ચીભડાં ગળે (vaad j chibhda gade)
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The fence itself eats the cucumbers: betrayal by the very person meant to protect you- હાથનાં કર્યાં હૈયે વાગ્યાં (haath na karya haiye vaagya)
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What the hands have done, the heart now feels: suffering the consequences of one's own actions- બોલે તેના બોર વેચાય (bole tena bor vechaay)
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Only the one who speaks up sells his berries: a person who promotes themselves gets ahead- પાડાના વાંકે પખાલીને ડામ (paadaana vaanke pakhaline daam)
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The water-carrier is branded for the buffalo's fault: an innocent person punished for someone else's mistake- ખાડો ખોદે તે પડે (khaado khode te pade)
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The one who digs a pit falls into it: someone who plots harm for others ends up harmed themselves- લોઢું લોઢાને કાપે (lodhu lodhaane kaape)
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Iron cuts iron: a difficult problem can only be solved by an equally strong solution- ઊગતા સૂરજને સૌ સલામ કરે (ugta suraj ne sau salaam kare)
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Everyone salutes the rising sun: people flock to those who are rising in power or success
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