ગજ ગજ ભરે ને તસુબી ફાડે નહીં

gaja gaja bharē nē tasubī phāḍē nahīṁ

Literally: Fills a yard but does not tear a small measure.
What it means: Used to describe someone who makes a great show of effort or accumulation but fails to perform the actual task.

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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