મુઠીમાંના જીતે ને ઓટીમાંના હારે.

muṭhīmāṁnā jītē nē ōṭīmāṁnā hārē.

Literally: Win in the fist and lose in the lap.
What it means: It refers to losing something that was already within one's grasp.

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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