બડી બડી બાતાં, બગલમેં હાથાં.

baḍī baḍī bātāṁ, bagalamēṁ hāthāṁ.

Literally: Big big talks, hands under the armpits.
What it means: Said of someone who boasts grandly but does absolutely nothing to help or work.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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