લંકાં લુંટાણી ત્યારે આગળ દોહ્યા હતા.

laṁkāṁ luṁṭāṇī tyārē āgaḷa dōhyā hatā.

Literally: When Lanka was being looted, they were out front milking milk.
What it means: Said of someone who boasts of taking part in a grand enterprise when they were actually occupied with trivial, mundane chores.

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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