મણ ભાત ને સવામણ કુસકી.

maṇa bhāta nē savāmaṇa kusakī.

Literally: A maund of rice and a maund and a quarter of chaff.
What it means: Said of a venture or product where the waste or useless part exceeds the valuable portion.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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