મલેખાં મમળાવે, પણ શેરડીનો સ્વાદ ન આવે.

malēkhāṁ mamaḷāvē, paṇa śēraḍīnō svāda na āvē.

Literally: Malekhan mumbles it, but does not get the taste of sugarcane.
What it means: Said of an uncultured person who cannot appreciate refined pleasures.

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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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