પતાલ પાણી ચલાવે ને મોરી કારડી રાખે.

patāla pāṇī calāvē nē mōrī kāraḍī rākhē.

Literally: Makes water run in the underworld but keeps the drain dry.
What it means: Someone who is generous or capable in grand matters but stingy or neglectful in small, essential ones.

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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