અક્કરમીનો પડિયો કાણો

akkaramīnō paḍiyō kāṇō

Literally: The luckless man's leaf-bowl has a hole in it.
What it means: For the unlucky, even the tools that come to hand turn out to be broken.
અર્થ: જેનાં નસીબ વાંકા હોય તેના હાથમાં સાધન પણ એવાં જ આવે છે બિચારાનુ કોઈ કામ થાય જ નહીં .

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