નહીં કાતે, નહીં કાટે, ને વાલ સોનું હોઠે.

nahīṁ kātē, nahīṁ kāṭē, nē vāla sōnuṁ hōṭhē.

Literally: Neither spins nor cuts, yet has gold on the lips.
What it means: Said of someone who does no work whatsoever but expects high rewards and luxury.

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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