ખાતાં ખુટે ને વાપરતાં ફુટે.

khātāṁ khuṭē nē vāparatāṁ phuṭē.

Literally: It runs short as you eat it and breaks as you use it.
What it means: A stock that will not last however carefully you go at it.

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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