આંગળી ચાટવાથી પેટ નહી ભરાય.

āṁgaḷī cāṭavāthī pēṭa nahī bharāya.

Literally: Licking a finger will not fill the stomach.
What it means: Small, superficial efforts are insufficient to achieve a significant result.

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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