મેજ મોંઘી ને ફજેતી સસતી.

mēja mōṁghī nē phajētī sasatī.

Literally: The table is expensive and the disgrace is cheap.
What it means: It is used when someone spends a lot of money on a display only to end up humiliated.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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