ગંજીનો કૂતરો, ન ખાય ન ખાવા દે

gaṁjīnō kūtarō, na khāya na khāvā dē

Literally: The dog on the haystack — eats none of it and lets nobody else eat either.
What it means: Guarding something you have no use for, purely so that nobody else gets it.

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