હાથ ચાટે પેટ ભરાય નહી.

hātha cāṭē pēṭa bharāya nahī.

Literally: Licking the hand does not fill the stomach.
What it means: Small, superficial efforts are not enough to achieve significant results.

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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