છાણના દેવને કપાસિયાની જ આંખ હોય

chāṇanā dēvanē kapāsiyānī ja āṁkha hōya

Literally: A god made of dung gets eyes made of cottonseed.
What it means: What you made it out of is what it is going to be finished with.

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