કોશ, કોદાળી ને પાવડા પારકા હાથમાં સારા લાગે.

kōśa, kōdāḷī nē pāvaḍā pārakā hāthamāṁ sārā lāgē.

Literally: The plow, the pickaxe, and the shovel look good in someone else's hands.
What it means: People often envy the tools or positions of others, not realizing the work involved.

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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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