હુમારે દાદેને ઘી ખાયાથા, હમારી હથેલી સુંઘો.

humārē dādēnē ghī khāyāthā, hamārī hathēlī suṁghō.

Literally: Our grandfather ate ghee, smell our palms.
What it means: Said of someone who boasts of their ancestors' wealth or achievements to cover up their own current poverty or lack of merit.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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