લખો દીકરા ખાતાવહી, ઓરડા ગયો ને પરસાળ રહી.

lakhō dīkarā khātāvahī, ōraḍā gayō nē parasāḷa rahī.

Literally: Write, son, the ledger: the inner room is gone and only the veranda remains.
What it means: Said when someone keeps meticulous accounts of a business or household that is already completely ruined.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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