લુલી વાસીદું વાળે, ને સાત જણ રહાવા જોઇએ.

lulī vāsīduṁ vāḷē, nē sāta jaṇa rahāvā jōiē.

Literally: A crippled woman sweeps the courtyard, and seven people are needed to assist her.
What it means: Said when a simple task handled by an inefficient person demands an absurd amount of extra help.

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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