નહીં આવે તેને નવ નોતરાં.

nahīṁ āvē tēnē nava nōtarāṁ.

Literally: Nine invitations to the one who will not come.
What it means: People often show great hospitality and make grand offers to those who they know will not accept them.

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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