ખાટલે મોટી ખોટ કે પાયો જ ન મળે

khāṭalē mōṭī khōṭa kē pāyō ja na maḷē

Literally: The great defect in the cot is that it has no leg at all.
What it means: The fault is not a detail — the thing has nothing to stand on.

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