છાસ લેવા જવું, ને દોહની છુપાડવી.

chāsa lēvā javuṁ, nē dōhanī chupāḍavī.

Literally: Going to fetch the buttermilk and hiding the pot.
What it means: Asking for something while concealing the very thing that would get it for you.

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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