લડ લડકે હબ્સી મરે, ઓર ખાનેકુ ગાર્ડ ચલે.

laḍa laḍakē habsī marē, ōra khānēku gārḍa calē.

Literally: The Abyssinian soldiers fight and die, while the guards go to eat.
What it means: Said when ordinary workers bear the brunt of hardship while superiors reap the rewards.

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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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