લાખ મળ્યા નહી ને લખેસરી થયા નહી.

lākha maḷyā nahī nē lakhēsarī thayā nahī.

Literally: Did not get a lakh and did not become a millionaire.
What it means: Used when someone fails to achieve a grand ambition and remains in their original state.

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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