ઘી ગયું પણ ઘીનું માપ તો છે.

ghī gayuṁ paṇa ghīnuṁ māpa tō chē.

Literally: The ghee is gone, but the measure is still there.
What it means: The substance is spent and only the apparatus of it remains.

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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