દાળીઆ લેઈ ખાએ.

dāḷīā lēī khāē.

Literally: He takes parched grams and eats them.
What it means: Describing someone living hand-to-mouth or existing on extremely meager fare.

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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