ખાતુંએ ગયું, ને ધાતુંએ ગયું,

khātuṁē gayuṁ, nē dhātuṁē gayuṁ,

Literally: The food went, and the nourishment went too,
What it means: Said when both the investment and the expected benefit are completely lost.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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