ચીંથરાં ફાડવાં.

cīṁtharāṁ phāḍavāṁ.

Literally: To tear rags.
What it means: Used to describe raising petty objections or wasting time on useless nitpicking.

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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