- Literally
- Money is in the tongue of the silver-tongued or in the treasury of the Nawab.
- What it means
- Wealth is found either through persuasive speech or by being in the service of the powerful.
Also said as
- આંખે મેર ને લાખે લેખાં, જાતે દહાડે કાંઈ ન દેખાં.
- હૈયા પુટાના કર્મમાં હાથ ઘસ.
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