લેવા જઇએ તો લેવાઇએ, વેચવા જઇએ તો વેચાઇએ.

lēvā jaiē tō lēvāiē, vēcavā jaiē tō vēcāiē.

Literally: If we go to buy, we get duped; if we go to sell, we get swindled.
What it means: Said of a hopelessly unlucky person who loses money whether buying or selling.

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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