આપણે ક્યાં દુકાન માંડી બેઠા છીએ, કે ચણા આપીએ?

āpaṇē kyāṁ dukāna māṁḍī bēṭhā chīē, kē caṇā āpīē?

Literally: Where are we running a shop that we should hand out chickpeas?
What it means: Refuses unreasonable demands by pointing out that one is not running a charity or business.

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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