ભુંડું ભાવે નહીં ને રૂડું તાકડે આવે નહીં.

bhuṁḍuṁ bhāvē nahīṁ nē rūḍuṁ tākaḍē āvē nahīṁ.

Literally: Bad food is not liked, and good food does not arrive in time.
What it means: Said when one is unwilling to settle for poor options yet unable to secure a desirable one.

Also said as

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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