નાગે નાહે શું ને નીચવે શું ?

nāgē nāhē śuṁ nē nīcavē śuṁ ?

Literally: What does a naked person bathe and what does he wring out?
What it means: You cannot expect anything from someone who has nothing to give.

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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